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Hardware and Software Overhaul - Suggested Targets - Still Working on Workflow

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Hardware and Software Overhaul - Suggested Targets - Still Working on Workflow
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 03:29

Hello All,

I moved from the ZWO ASIAir to a mini-PC with N.I.N.A. and PD Capture. I'm working through the learning curve. I'm determined. I'm progressing by capturing and processing - just working through things as I go along.

Below is a list of eclipsing binaries I queried out of SkyTools 4. (Criteria of magnitude 7.5 < M < 13 and period of x < 1 day. I'm at ~ 34 deg lat and -118 deg long.) The problem is that SkyTools 4 strips the list of minima and maxima and the period when the list compiles.

Question: Are there any targets in this list that are a better candidate for a newbie principally looking to resolve on a workflow? I've done data on SW Lac and it has a short period and dramatic curve (if I processed the data correctly).

The instrument is a Celestron C8 with a mono ZWO ASI533. I use a 0.63 reducer (understanding the drawbacks) to get a 30' FOV.

Thanks -

Tony

Cls     Primary ID     RA (Ap)            Dec (Ap)         Mag     Type

Var       DL UMa        09h38m46.0s +69°31'30"         7.6         F0
DVar    W UMa         09h45m26.2s +55°50'22"         7.8         G2
Var       YY Eri           04h13m18.0s -10°24'29"          8.1         G5
Var       V781 Tau      05h51m43.8s +26°58'08"         8.4         G0
Var       SW Lac        22h54m47.5s +38°04'08"         8.5         G5

Var       U Peg           23h59m11.7s +16°05'13"         9.2         G2
DVar    AM Leo         11h03m25.4s +09°46'01"         9.2          F8
Var       XY Leo         10h02m59.1s +17°17'36"         9.4
Var       AB And         23h12m40.2s +37°01'33"        9.5
Var       FG Hya         08h28m19.5s +03°26'12"        9.9

Var       VZ Psc         23h29m02.0s +04°59'23"        10.2
Var       DF Hya        08h56m18.6s +06°00'13"        10.3
Var       RZ Com       12h36m15.7s +23°12'16"        10.4        G0
Var       EQ Tau         03h49m39.0s +22°23'19"        10.5
Var       AO Cam       04h30m07.8s +53°05'59"        10.5

Var       V523 Cas      00h41m26.9s +50°22'20"         10.6
DVar    GZ And          02h13m45.4s +44°46'31"         10.8
Var       RW Com      12h34m10.5s +26°34'58"         11.0
Var       CW Cas       00h47m18.6s +63°13'14"         11.0
Var       V432 Per       03h11m47.2s +42°57'43"         11.2

Var       GW Cep        01h48m36.9s +80°12'20"         11.2
Var       AH Tau           03h48m38.9s +25°11'29"         11.2
Var       CC Com        12h13m18.0s +22°23'57"         11.3
Var       RT LMi           09h51m13.9s +34°20'28"         11.4
Var       CE Leo          11h45m38.2s +23°13'22"         11.4

Var       TY UMa         12h10m13.5s +55°53'43"         11.5
Var       AH Gem        06h54m41.2s +15°57'40"         12.1
Var       RW Tri          02h27m00.5s +28°12'26"         12.5
Var       BL Leo          11h46m52.4s +24°38'49"         12.6
Var       V480 Cas      01h49m26.8s +55°35'37"         13.0

 

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Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Veranderliche Sterne e.V.(Germany) (BAV)
DSCT's

Hi Anthony,

I also started out with EB's. Well you have to look for the whole time a minimum is going through.

a) You can observe many stars, with only 1h - 2h around the TOM (Time Of Minimum) and then switch to another star.

b) You can observe the whole minimum and have a nice decent lightcurve with the whole amplitude (from max to mim to max). This can take many hours..

c) You can observe Delta-Scuti-Pulsating stars. E.g. DY PEG, CY AQR, they have Maxima within 2 hours or even BL CAM, which has a max in even 1 h !

 

What I like about DSCT's, you do not need do look at the starting hour, just aim and shot, and after ...2h you have a ligth curve. (-:

 

BL CAM: Or you look at EPHEMERIS, to find out when the next max is occuring:

https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=4622

 

DY PEG

https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=25269

 

CY AQR

https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=970

 

Have Fun.

CS Bernhard

 


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