Transient Optical Sky Survey: In Search of Variable Stars and Other Optical Transients

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21460506h&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #214, #605.06

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Variable stars and other optical transients have been studied in isolated cases, but never mapped into a comprehensive data base in the past. These events vary in duration and signature, yet they are united under the umbrella of time varying observables and represent a significant portion of the dynamical processes in the universe. The Transient Optical Sky Survey (TOSS) System is a dedicated, ground-based system of small optical telescopes, observing nightly at fixed Declination while gathering 90 sec exposures and thus creating a repeated partial map of the variable sky. Presented here is a brief overview of some of the signatures of transient events and a description of the TOSS system along with the data acquired during the 2008-2009 observing campaign, potentially producing over 100,000 light curves including three color light curves for the Delta Cepheid variable AO Aur.

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