Page 1 Why Infra-Red Astronomy? - Page 2 Investigating possible projects - Page 3 Variable stars in the field of OO VUL - Page 4 The final project design
Each zone is imaged for 60 seconds in IR and 120 seconds in V twice a month. 37 zones at 6 minutes per month equals 222 minutes per month + overheads such as slewing, focussing and the rest. Perhaps 5 hours in total.
| NAME | SCOPE |
| SAGITTA and VULPECULA | 6 zones on the Sagitta/Vulpecula border - IR Sge, LL Sge, LY Sge, OW Sge, OO Vul and M27 - 6 zones in all |
| LYRA | 25 known Mira variable stars in Lyra plus KQ HER - 26 zones in all |
| AQUILA | 5 zones in Aquila - v1568, v1574, v1591, v1621 and v1632 AQL - 5 zones in all |
My standard method is to take a 120 second image in IR and in V and then to generate an animation from the two images: since this makes the images easier to compare and contrast. There are a total of 314 zones in my list - all north of the celestial equator. The top priority are the 79 darkest nebulae with the remainder to be done when convenient. The highest concentration of targets is in the Cygnus area and so are targets for spring 2008.
| STAR | V mag | I mag | V - I | Rough Spectral
Class based on V -I |
VSX or book value |
| R UMA at just past min | 12.50 | 6.41 | 6.09 | M8/10 | M9e at min |
| RS MON at max | 10.41 | 6.43 | 3.98 | M5/7 | M3e at max |
| VY HER at max | 9.50 | 6.04 | 3.46 | M5/6 | M5e: at max |
| V VIR near min | 14.99 | 8.99 | 6.00 | M8/10 | M6e at min |
| X LIB at just past min | 13.57 | 9.75 | 3.82 | M5/7 | M4e at max |
Page 1 Why Infra-Red Astronomy? - Page 2 Investigating possible projects - Page 3 Variable stars in the field of OO VUL - Page 4 The final project design
In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on October 4th 2008.