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Dec 2006
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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #218.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
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The GNAT MG1 Catalogue of Variable Stars contains some 26,000 new variable star entries, many of which are short period variable stars with periods of one day or less. This reservoir of GNAT data provides virtually limitless opportunities for a variety of publishable follow-up observational projects for student involvement at every educational level from middle school through upper division undergraduate college, In addition, analyses of the source images can be employed in a variety of student projects addressing issues such as photometric properties of the night sky and monitoring of sky brightness. To this end, we have developed protocols and software tools to help non-science majors to understand how science is done, and to assist science majors in gaining experience and publications that will help secure their professional futures. We have been fortunate to work with a number of students, representing several colleges and universities, who have helped establish and test pilot programs for these student projects. We describe a number of sample projects as well as several preliminary pilot projects which are currently in progress. Procedures for working with GNAT on these and other projects are also discussed.
Craine Eric R.
Culver Roger B.
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