Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999pasp..111..845h&link_type=abstract
The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 111, Issue 761, pp. 845-860.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
100
Instrumentation: Photometers, Stars: Planetary Systems, Stars: Activity, Techniques: Photometric
Scientific paper
Tennessee State University operates several Automatic Photoelectric Telescopes (APTs) located at Fairborn Observatory in the Patagonia Mountains of southern Arizona. The APTs are dedicated to photometric monitoring programs that would be difficult and expensive to accomplish without the advantages provided by automation. I describe the operation of two of the telescopes (0.75 and 0.80 m APTs) and the quality-control techniques that result in their routine acquisition of single-star differential photometry with a precision of 0.001 mag for single observations and 0.0001-0.0002 mag for seasonal means. I show that a primary obstacle to photometry at this level of precision is intrinsic variability in the comparison stars. Finally, I illustrate the capabilities of the APTs with sample results from a program to measure luminosity cycles in Sun-like stars and a related effort to search for extrasolar planets around these stars.
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