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Fig. 2. The [FORMULA] [FORMULA] progression for short period stars in [FORMULA] Cen. Different symbols for different amplitudes: filled dots for [FORMULA] mag, open dots for [FORMULA] mag, crosses for [FORMULA] mag. The three open squares on the right side denote the three galactic stars CY Aqr, ZZ Mic and V831 Tau. Error bars are reported for the individual cases discussed in the text