Hubble's Cepheid Variable in M31 (Bruce Van Deventer)

Hubble's Cepheid Variable in M31

Hubble's Cepheid Variable was the first of a number of Cepheid variable stars discovered by Edwin Hubble, using the 100 inch Hooker telescope on Mt. Wilson, and which proved that "spiral nebulae" are galaxies outside of our own and not spinning clouds of gas and dust within our own galaxy. It's about 19th magnitude. Cepheids are extremely luminous stars which is why they can be seen as individual stars even in other galaxies. It's pretty amazing that an amateur telescope can image this star in a three minute exposure. Imaged at Burnt Tree Hill observatory in Cle Elum, Washington. The image on the right is the full frame image, on the left lower is a negative enlagement with concentric rings around the star and above is a screenshot from Aladin Lite of the star from DSS2.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

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Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
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Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

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