Cepheids Variables are special type of variable star in that they are hot and massive – five to twenty times as much mass as our Sun – and are known for their tendency to pulsate radially and vary in both diameter and temperature. Is the sun a Cepheid star? OurRead More →
Cepheid operates as a molecular diagnostics company, which develops, manufactures, and markets fully-integrated systems for testing in the clinical market, as well as for application in the company’s legacy industrial, biothreat and partner markets. Who are Cepheid competitors? Cepheid’s top competitors include Luminex, OncoCell MDx, BioDataAnalysis and TraitGenetics. Cepheid isRead More →
Why are Cepheid variables important in astronomy? Cepheids variables are pulsating stars whose pulsation periods are directly related to their true luminosities. Therefor they can be used as distance indicators. What is Hubble’s law? What makes a Cepheid variable? A Cepheid variable (/ˈsɛfiːɪd, ˈsiːfiːɪd/) is a type of star thatRead More →