Esisten más de 50 000 estrelles variables conocíes, polo qu'una llista completa d'estrelles variables ye imposible. La siguiente llista recueye aquelles variables más conocíes, más brilloses, más significatives o más interesantes por cualesquier otru motivu.
Denominación (nome)Constelación DescubrimientuMagnitú aparente * (Máxima)Magnitú aparente * (Mínima)PerioduTipuNotes AQ And Andrómeda 7m.7 9m.5 169 d Semirregular (SRB) R And Andrómeda 5m.8 14m.9 409 d Mira (M) S And (SN 1885A) Andrómeda Ernst Hartwig, 20 d'agostu, 1885 5m.8 <16m - Supernova (SNI) U Ant Antlia 8m.1 (p) 9m.7 (p) - LB θ Aps Apus 6m.4 (p) 8m.6 (p) 119 d Semirregular (SRB) η Aql Aquila Pigott, 1784 3m.48 4m.39 7.17664 d Cefeida (DCEP) R Aql Aquila 5m.5 12m.0 284 d Mira (M) V Aql Aquila 6m.6 8m.4 353 d Semiregular (SRB) W Aql Aquila 7m.3 14m.3 490 d Mira (M) FF Aql Aquila 5m.18 5m.68 4.47092 d Cefeida (DCEP) R Aqr Acuariu Karl Ludwig Harding, 1811 5m.8 12m.4 387 d Mira (M) T Aqr Acuariu 7m.2 14m.2 202 d Mira (M) U Ara Ara 7m.7 14m.1 225 d Mira (M) R Ari Aries 7m.4 13m.7 187 d Mira (M) U Ari Aries 7m.2 15m.2 371 d Mira (M) V Ari Aries 8m.45 8m.90 58,7 d Semirregular (SRC) RZ Ari Aries 5m.62 6m.01 30.0 d Semirregular (SRB) ε Aur (Almaaz) Auriga J.H. Fritsch, 1821 2m.92 3m.83 27.08 años Algol (EA/GS) R Aur Auriga 6m.7 13m.9 458 d Mira (M) AE Aur Auriga 5m.78 6m.08 - Variable Orión (INA) R Boo Bootes 6m.2 13m.1 223 d Mira (M) W Boo Bootes 4m.73 5m.4 ~450 d Semirregular (SRB:) X Cam Camelopardalis 7m.4 14m.2 144 d Mira (M) Z Cam Camelopardalis 10m.0 14m.5 - prototipu UGZ VZ Cam Camelopardalis 4m.80 4m.96 23.7 d Semirregular (SR) R Cap Capricornus Hind, 1848 9m.4 14m.9 345 d Mira (M) η Car Carina Burchell, 1827 -0m.8 7m.9 - Variable S Doradus (SDOR) "La superxigante impredicible" l Car Carina 3m.28 4m.18 35.53584 d Cefeida (DCEP) R Car Carina 3m.9 10m.5 309 d Mira (M) S Car Carina 4m.5 9m.9 149 d Mira (M) γ Cas Casiopea 1m.6 3m.0 - Gamma Cassiopeiae (GCAS) R Cas Casiopea 4m.7 13m.5 430 d Mira (M) S Cas Casiopea 7m.9 16m.1 612 d Mira (M) W Cas Casiopea 7m.8 12m.5 406 d Mira (M) WZ Cas Casiopea 9m.4 11m.4 366 d Semirregular (SRB) R Cen Centaurus 5m.3 11m.8 546 d Mira (M) S Cen Centaurus 9m.2 (p) 10m.7 (p) 65 d Semirregular (SR) T Cen Centaurus 5m.5 9m.0 90.44 d Semirregular (SRA) U Cen Centaurus 7m.0 14m.0 220 d Mira (M) TT Cen Centaurus 11m.5 16m.5 462 d Mira (M) XX Cen Centaurus 7m.30 8m.31 10.95351 d Cefeida (DCEP) V645 Cen (Próxima Centauri) Centaurus 12m.1 (B) 13m.12 (B) - UV Ceti (UV) La estrella más cercana al Sol δ Cep Cefeo John Goodricke, 1784 3m.48 4m.37 5.36634 d prototipu de Cefeida (DCEP) Estrella doble visible con prismásticos μ Cep Cefeo William Herschel, 1782 3m.43 5m.1 730 d Semirregular (SRC) S Cep Cefeo 7m.4 12m.9 487 d Mira (M) T Cep Cefeo 5m.2 11m.3 388 d Mira (M) U Cep Cefeo 6m.75 9m.24 2.49305 d Algol (EA/SD) SS Cep Cefeo 8m.0 (p) 9m.1 (p) 90 d Semirregular (SRB) AR Cep Cefeo 7m.0 7m.9 - Semirregular (SRB) ο Cet (Mira) Cetus David Fabricius, 1596; la variabilidá puede ser afayada por Johannes Fokkes Holwarda, 1638 2m.0 10m.1 332 d Mira (M) "Maraviyosa" T Cet Cetus 5m.0 6m.9 159 d Semirregular (SRC) U Cet Cetus 6m.8 13m.4 235 d Mira (M) W Cet Cetus 7m.1 14m.8 351 d Mira (M) R Cha Chamaeleon 7m.5 14m.2 335 d Mira (M) R CMa Canis Major 5m.70 6m.34 1.13594 d Algol (EA/SD) VY CMa Canis Major 6m.5 9m.6 - única FW CMa Canis Major 5m.00 5m.50 - Gamma Cassiopeiae (GCAS) S CMi Canis Minor 6m.6 13m.2 333 d Mira (M) R Cnc Cáncer 6m.07 11m.8 362 d Mira (M) S Cnc Cáncer Hind, 1848 8m.29 10m.25 9.48455 d Algol (EA/DS) T Cnc Cáncer Hind, 1850 7m.6 10m.5 482 d Semirregular (SRB) X Cnc Cáncer 5m.6 7m.5 ~195 d Semirregular (SRB) T Col Columba 6m.6 12m.7 226 d Mira (M) R Com Coma Berenices 7m.1 14m.6 363 d Mira (M) α CrB (Alphecca) Corona Borealis 2m.21 (B) 2m.32 (B) 17.35991 d Algol (EA/DM) R CrB Corona Borealis Pigott, 1795 5m.71 14m.8 - R Coronae Borealis (RCB) S CrB Corona Borealis 5m.8 14m.1 360 d Mira (M) T CrB Corona Borealis 2m.0 10m.8 (80 años) Nova recurrente (NR) U CrB Corona Borealis 7m.66 8m.79 3.45220 d Algol (EA/SD) V CrB Corona Borealis 6m.9 12m.6 358 d Mira (M) W CrB Corona Borealis 7m.8 14m.3 238 d Mira (M) R Cru Crux 6m.40 7m.23 5.82575 d Cefeida (DCEP) R Crv Corvus 6m.7 14m.4 317 d Mira (M) χ Cyg Cygnus Kirch, 1686 3m.3 14m.2 408 d Mira (M) R Cyg Cygnus 6m.1 14m.4 426 d Mira (M) U Cyg Cygnus 5m.9 12m.1 463 d Mira (M) W Cyg Cygnus 6m.80 (B) 8m.9 (B) 131 d Semirregular (SRB) X Cyg Cygnus 5m.85 6m.91 16.38633 d Cefeida (DCEP) RT Cyg Cygnus 6m.0 13m.1 190 d Mira (M) SS Cyg Cygnus 7m.7 12m.4 (49.5 d) prototipu UGSS SU Cyg Cygnus 6m.44 7m.22 3.84555 d Cefeida (DCEP) TT Cyg Cygnus 10m.2 11m.9 118 d Semirregular (SRB) CH Cyg Cygnus 5m.60 8m.49 - Z Andromedae (ZAND+SR) R Del Delphinus 7m.6 13m.8 285 d Mira (M) U Del Delphinus 7m.6 (p) 8m.9 (p) ~110 d Semirregular (SRB) EU Del Delphinus 5m.79 6m.9 59.7 d Semirregular (SRB) β Dor Doráu 3m.46 4m.08 9.8426 d Cefeida (DCEP) S Dor Doráu 8m.6 (B) 11m.5 (B) - prototipu SDOR na Gran Nube de Magallanes R Dra Draco 6m.7 13m.2 246 d Mira (M) T Eri Eridanus 7m.2 13m.2 252 d Mira (M) R For Fornax 7m.5 13m.0 389 d Mira (M) η Gem (Tejat Prior) Xéminis 3m.15 3m.9 233 d Semirregular (SRA+EA) ζ Gem (Mekbuda) Xéminis 3m.62 4m.18 10.15073 d Cefeida (DCEP) R Gem Xéminis Hind, 1848 6m.0 14m.0 370 d Mira (M) S Gem Xéminis Hind, 1848 8m.0 14m.7 293 d Mira (M) T Gem Xéminis Hind, 1848 8m.0 15m.0 288 d Mira (M) U Gem Xéminis 8m.2 14m.9 (105.2 d) Nova nana (UGSS+Y) TU Gem Xéminis 9m.4 12m.5 230 d Semirregular (SRB) S Gru Grus 6m.0 15m.0 402 d Mira (M) α Her (Ras Algethi) Hércules William Herschel, 1759 2m.74 4m.0 - Semirregular (SRC) g Her (30 Herculis) Hércules 4m.3 6m.3 89.2 d Semirregular (SRB) o Her (68 Herculis) Hércules 4m.69 5m.37 2.05103 d Algol (EA/SD) S Her Hércules 6m.4 13m.8 307 d Mira (M) U Her Hércules 6m.4 13m.4 406 d Mira (M) X Her Hércules 7m.5 (p) 8m.6 (p) 95.0 d Semirregular (SRB) R Hor Horologium 4m.7 14m.3 408 d Mira (M) U Hor Horologium 7m.8 (p) <15m.1 (p) 348 d Mira (M) TW Hor Horologium 5m.52 5m.95 158 d Semirregular (SRB) R Hya Hydra Maraldi, 1704 3m.5 10m.9 389 d Mira (M) S Hya Hydra Hind, 1848 7m.2 13m.3 257 d Mira (M) U Hya Hydra 7m.0 (B) 9m.4 (B) ~450 d Semirregular (SRB) VW Hya Hydra 10m.5 14m.1 2.69642 d Algol (EA/SD) EW Lac Lacerta 5m.22 5m.48 - Gamma Cassiopeiae (GCAS) R Leo Leo Koch, 1782 4m.4 11m.3 310 d Mira (M) R Lep Lepus 5m.5 11m.7 427 d Mira (M) Estrella carmesí de Hind RX Lep Lepus 5m.0 7m.4 ~60 d Semirregular (SRB) R LMi Leo Minor 6m.3 13m.2 372 d Mira (M) RU Lup Lupus 9m.6 (p) 13m.4 (p) - Variable Orión (INT) R Lyn Lynx 7m.2 14m.3 378.75 d Mira (M) RR Lyn Lynx 5m.52 6m.03 9.94508 d Algol (EA/DM) β Lyr Lyra John Goodricke, 1784 3m.25 4m.36 12.91383 d prototipu EB R Lyr Lyra 3m.88 5m.0 ~46 d Semirregular (SRB) RR Lyr Lyra 7m.06 8m.12 0.566868 d prototipu RRAB U Mic Microscopium 7m.0 14m.4 334 d Mira (M) T Mon Monoceros 5m.58 6m.62 27.0246 d Cefeida (DCEP) U Mon Monoceros 6m.1 (p) 8m.8 (p) 91.3 d Variable RV Tauri (RVB) V Mon Monoceros 6m.0 13m.9 341 d Mira (M) S Mus Musca 5m.89 6m.49 9.66007 d Cefeida (DCEP) R Nor Norma 6m.5 (p) 13m.9 (p) 508 d Mira (M) T Nor Norma 6m.2 13m.6 241 d Mira (M) R Oct Octans 6m.4 13m.2 405 d Mira (M) S Oct Octans 7m.2 14m.0 259 d Mira (M) V Oph Ophiuchus 7m.3 11m.6 297 d Mira (M) X Oph Ophiuchus 5m.9 9m.2 329 d Mira (M) RS Oph Ophiuchus 4m.3 12m.5 - Nova recurrente (NR) BF Oph Ophiuchus 6m.93 7m.71 4.06775 d Cefeida (DCEP) α Ori (Betelgeuse) Orión John Herschel, 1840 0m.0 1m.3 6.39 años Semirregular (SRC) δ Ori (Mintaka) Orión John Herschel, 1834 2m.14 2m.26 5.73248 d Algol (EA/DM) R Ori Orión Hind, 1848 9m.05 13m.4 377 d Mira (M) S Ori Orión 7m.20 14m.0 414 d Mira (M) U Ori Orión 4m.8 13m.0 368 d Mira (M) W Ori Orión 8m.2 (p) 12m.4 (p) 212 d Semirregular (SRB) VV Ori Orión 5m.31 5m.66 1.48538 d Algol (EA/KE:) CK Ori Orión 5m.9 7m.1 ~120 d Semirregular (SR:) κ Pav Pavu 3m.91 4m.78 9.09423 d Cefeida (CEP) S Pav Pavu 6m.6 10m.4 381 d Semirregular (SRA) β Peg (Scheat) Pegasu Schmidt, 1847 2m.31 2m.74 - LB R Peg Pegasu Hind, 1848 6m.9 13m.8 378 d Mira (M) X Peg Pegasu 8m.8 14m.4 201 d Mira (M) β Per (Algol) Perseo Geminiano Montanari, 1669 2m.12 3m.39 2.86730 d Algol (EA/SD) Estrella del Diañu DY Persei Perseo DY Persei / R Coronae Borealis φ Per Perseo 3m.96 4m.11 19.5 d Gamma Cassiopeiae (GCAS) ρ Per (Gorgonea Tertia) Perseo 3m.30 4m.0 ~50 d Semirregular (SRB) S Per Perseo 7m.9 12m.0 ~822 d Semirregular (SRC) W Per Perseo 8m.7 11m.3 ~485 d Semirregular (SRC) X Per Perseo 6m.03 7m.0 - Gamma Cassiopeiae (GCAS+XP) ζ Phe Phoenix 3m.91 4m.42 1.66977 d Algol (EA/DM) R Pic Pictor 6m.35 10m.1 171 d Semirregular (SR) R Psc Piscis Hind, 1850 7m.0 14m.8 345 d Mira (M) Z Psc Piscis 8m.8 10m.1 144 d Semirregular (SRB) TX Psc Piscis 4m.79 5m.20 - LB L² Pup Puppis 2m.6 6m.2 141 d Semirregular (SRB) RS Pup Puppis 6m.52 7m.67 41.3876 d Cefeida (DCEP) T Pyx Pyxis 7m.0 (B) 15m.77 (B) (20 años) Nova recurrente (NR) S Scl Sculptor 5m.5 13m.6 363 d Mira (M) RR Sco Scorpius 5m.0 12m.4 281 d Mira (M) RS Sco Scorpius 6m.2 13m.0 320 d Mira (M) RT Sco Scorpius 7m.0 15m.2 449 d Mira (M) R Sct Scutum Pigott, 1795 4m.2 8m.6 146.5 d Variable RV Tauri (RVA) R Ser Serpens Harding, 1826 5m.16 14m.4 356 d Mira (M) S Ser Serpens Harding, 1828 7m.0 14m.1 372 d Mira (M) S Sge Sagitta 5m.24 6m.04 8.38209 d Cefeida (DCEP) U Sge Sagitta 6m.45 9m.28 3.38062 d Algol (EA/SD) WZ Sge Sagitta 7m.0 (B) 15m.53 (B) (33 años) Nova nana (UGSU+E+ZZ) R Sgr Sagitario 6m.7 12m.83 270 d Mira (M) U Sgr Sagitario(en M25) 6m.28 7m.15 6.74523 d Cefeida (DCEP) W Sgr Sagitario 4m.29 5m.14 7.5950 d Cefeida (DCEP) X Sgr Sagitario 4m.24 4m.84 7.0128 d Cefeida (DCEP) Y Sgr Sagitario 5m.25 6m.24 5.7736 d Cefeida (DCEP) RR Sgr Sagitario 5m.4 14m.0 336 d Mira (M) RT Sgr Sagitario 6m.0 14m.1 306 d Mira (M) RU Sgr Sagitario 6m.0 13m.8 240 d Mira (M) RY Sgr Sagitario 5m.8 14m.0 - R Coronae Borealis (RCB) VX Sgr Sagitario 6m.52 14m.0 732 d Semirregular (SRC) V350 Sgr Sagitario 7m.08 7m.83 5.15424 d Cefeida (DCEP) λ Tau Tauro Baxendell, 1848 3m.37 3m.91 3.95295 d Algol (EA/DM) R Tau Tauro Hind, 1849 7m.6 15m.8 321 d Mira (M) T Tau Tauro 9m.3 13m.5 - Variable Orión (INT) Y Tau Tauro 6m.5 9m.2 241.5 d Semirregular (SRB) SU Tau Tauro 9m.1 16m.86 - R Coronae Borealis (RCB) CE Tau (119 Tauri) Tauro 4m.23 4m.54 165 d Semirregular (SRC) R Tri Triangulum 5m.4 12m.6 267 d Mira (M) R UMa sietestrellu 6m.5 13m.7 302 d Mira (M) T UMa sietestrellu 6m.6 13m.5 257 d Mira (M) U UMa sietestrellu 6m.20 6m.25 - - Z UMa sietestrellu 6m.2 9m.4 196 d Semirregular (SRB) α UMi (Polaris) Ursa Minor 1m.86 2m.13 3.9696 d Cefeida (DCEPS) RR UMi Ursa Minor 4m.53 4m.73 43.3 d Semirregular (SRB) R Vir Virgo Harding, 1809 6m.1 12m.1 146 d Mira (M) S Vir Virgo 6m.3 13m.2 375 d Mira (M) T Vir Virgo Bogulawski, 1849 9m.0 14m.8 339 d Mira (M) U Vir Virgo Harding, 1831 7m.4 13m.5 207 d Mira (M) W Vir Virgo 9m.46 10m.75 17.2736 d prototipu CWA (W Virginis) RU Vir Virgo Arthur Roy, 1897 9m.0 14m.2 433 d Mira (M) SS Vir Virgo 6m.0 9m.6 364 d Semirregular (SRA) R Vul Vulpecula 7m.0 14m.3 137 d Mira (M) S Vul Vulpecula Rogerson, 1837 8m.69 9m.42 68.464 d Cefeida (DCEP) U Vul Vulpecula 6m.73 7m.54 7.99068 d Cefeida (DCEP) Z Vul Vulpecula 7m.25 8m.90 2.45493 d Algol (EA/SD)