Serendipitous Discovery of Variable Stars While Gathering Asteroid Lightcurves
Abstract
Altimira Observatory is located in southern California and has primarily been used for asteroid pho-tometry. Instrumentation consists of an 11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain (Celestron NexStar-11) operat-ing at F/6.3, a CCD imager (ST-8XE NABG), and filter wheel (CFW-8A) with Johnson-Cousins B, V, and R filters. A detailed description of the observatory, the calibration of the instruments, and some reported results, can be found at the author's website (http://www.geocities.com/oca_bob), or by e-mail request (rbuchheim@earthlink.net).
- Publication:
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Society for Astronomical Sciences Annual Symposium
- Pub Date:
- May 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006SASS...25..183B