A famous variable star
“A famous variable star” is a question in OnlyClick, and our answer book knows 47 answers to it. Mira, Algol and Betelgeuse are what most people type first, so they score the least. It is a fairly short list: only 16 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
Astronomers name far more things than the news ever mentions, which leaves plenty of room above the crowd. You will find it in stage 48, “Star Zoo”, of the Cosmos mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Mira
- Algol
- Betelgeuse
- Delta Cephei
- Polaris
- Eta Carinae
- RR Lyrae
- Beta Lyrae
- T Tauri
- VY Canis Majoris
- R Coronae Borealis
- Chi Cygni
- Mu Cephei
- Epsilon Aurigae
- UY Scuti
These are the 15 answers we rate as most common, out of the 47 we know. They score the least. The other 32, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 47 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 6 |
| THE CROWD | 11 |
| SOME | 3 |
| A FEW | 11 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 8 |
| ONLY YOU | 8 |
The rarer your answer, the farther your rocket flies. Rarity is our own estimate of how few people would think of an answer. How to play.
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