Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ba da daɗewa ba an gano Cepheids a cikin wasu taurari, kamar Andromeda (musamman ta Edwin Hubble a cikin 1923<unk>24), kuma sun zama muhimmin ɓangare na shaidar cewa "nebulae na karkace" taurari ne masu zaman kansu da ke nesa da namu Milky Way. Don haka, binciken Leavitt zai canza hotonmu na duniya har abada, kamar yadda ya sa Harlow Shapley ya motsa Rana daga tsakiyar galaxy a cikin "
Babban muhawara" da kuma Edwin Hubble don motsa mu galaxy daga cibiyar sararin samaniya.