Variable Star Search in the Open Cluster NGC 6659

Details Variable Star Search in the Open Cluster NGC 6659 Variable Star Search in the Open Cluster NGC 6659

Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #165.13; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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As part of a wider program to examine characteristics of open clusters we examined the sparse open cluster NGC 6659 to look for short to medium period variable stars. NGC 6659 was selected since it has received very little attention and to test previously designed reduction techniques on a sparse field. Data was acquired on the 0.4-m David Derrick Telescope of the Orson Pratt Observatory on the campus of BYU. From the data set one solid candidate for variability was found. We will present results on the entire cluster and give a description of the candidate variable star.
This research was conducted as part of a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program held at BYU. We would like to acknowledge NSF grant PHY-0552795.

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