Discovery of Variable Stars as a Byproduct of Asteroid Lightcurve Studies

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May 2003

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The Society for Astronomical Sciences 22nd Annual Symposium on Telescope Science, held May 21-22, 2003. Published by Society for

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To determine an asteroid lightcurve requires hundreds of CCD images taken over several nights. After measuring the brightness change in the target as- teroid, and perhaps checking the field of view for other moving objects, these hundreds of CCD images are then stored away. New features added to Canopus, a photometry and astrometry program published by BDW Publishing now allows for automatic detection of possible variable stars in a group of images. In January 2003, using this method, two new variable stars were dis- covered by the authors at Santana Observatory (MPC 646) and Antelope Hills Observatory (MPC H09). This paper will discuss the methods used to search for variable stars in a group of CCD images and the general approach to investi- gating the variable star.

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