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{{Short description|Type of variable star}}
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An '''irregular variable''' is a type of [[variable star]] in which variations in brightness show no regular [[Frequency|periodicity]]. There are two main sub-types of irregular variable: eruptive and pulsating.
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'''Eruptive''' irregular variables are divided into three categories:
* Group I variables are
* [[Orion variables]], GCVS type IN (irregular and nebulous), indigenous to star-forming regions, may vary by several magnitudes with rapid changes of up to 1 magnitude in 1 to 10 days, are similarly divided by spectral type into subgroups INA and INB, but with the addition of another subgroup, INT, for [[T Tauri
* The third category of eruptive irregulars are the IS stars, which show rapid variations of 0.5 to 1 magnitude in a few hours or days; again, these come in subgroups ISA and ISB.
'''Pulsating''' irregular giants or supergiants, called [[slow irregular variable]]s, are all of late spectral types (K, M, C, or S), and classed as type L-LB for giants and LC for supergiants. How many of these are actually semi-regular variables that simply need more study, remains unclear.<ref>{{citation|title=Observing Variable Stars |author=Gerry Arlen Good|year= 2003|publisher=Springer Science|url=
== References ==
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