Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21343404c&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #434.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.304
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present an account of the commissioning of a small, wide field telescope (VYSOS-5) which is the first component of the VYSOS (Variable Young Stellar Objects Survey) telescope network to become operational. The VYSOS network will consist of four telescopes, two situated at Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii and two situated at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert. All four telescopes will make automated observations of star forming regions on a nightly basis in order to detect sudden outbursts in young stars, find young eclipsing binaries, determine rotation periods of young stars, and characterize the types of variability of pre-main sequence stars. Preliminary results from early observations with VYSOS-5 are also presented. This work was conducted by a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) position at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy and funded by the NSF.
Cegla Heather
Reipurth Bo
Walawender Josh
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