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Variable Stars to Observe

There are plenty of bright variable stars that are suitable for beginners and cover different types of stars. I'm listing here just a few. I'll recommend you to start observing first with naked eyes, and when you gain some experience and confidence with the technique, you could pick fainter stars and use a binocular.

Here is a list with bright variable stars that I suggest you could start with.
Star
 RA
h m
 DEC
deg min
 Vmin
 Vmax
 Period
days
 Type*
β Lyr
 18 50
 33 22
 3.4
 4.3
 12.9
 Ecl
η Aql
 18 52
 01 00
 3.5
 4.6
 7.2
 Cep
β Per
 03 08
 40 57
 2.2
 3.5
 2.9
 Ecl
δ Cep
 22 29
 58 25
 3.6
 4.5
 5.4
 Cep
ζ Gem
 07 04
 20 34
 3.8
 4.4
 10.2
 Cep
λ Tau
 04 01
 12 29
 3.5
 4.0
 4.0
 Ecl
R Lyr
 18 55
 43 57
 3.9
 5.0
 46
 Sr
γ Cas
 00 57
 60 43
 1.6
 3.0
 N/A
 Ir
* Ecl - Eclipsing binaries, Cep - Cepheids, Sr - Semi-regular variables and Ir - Iregular variables.