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Variable & Double Star Catalogues

The catalogues of stars that change and stars that come in pairs — the General Catalogue of Variable Stars, which names and classifies variables, and the Washington Double Star Catalog, the master reference for binary and multiple systems.

Highlights

  • GCVS and WDS — variable and multiple stars

Across the catalogue layer

Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • IAUInternational Astronomical Union

    Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.