February 26, 2006
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Measuring the Transit of a Transiting Exoplanet
Stephen Riley
On the night of July 26, 2005 recent New Milford High School graduate Stephen Riley and his mentor, Mark Pernerewski (advisor to the NMHS Astronomy Club), were able to measure the transit of exoplanet TrES-1 using precision differential photometry.
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February 26, 2006
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Measuring the Light-curve of an Eclipsing
Binary System
Stephen Riley
Obtaining the “light-curve” of an eclipsing binary star system – two stars orbiting each other, with the plane of the orbit aligned with Earth so that we see one star eclipsing the other, then vice versa
is rare, but possible.
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January 5, 2002
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Determining the "Light-curves" and Periods of Variable Stars
Dr. P. Moreland
The apparent brightness of some stars has been observed to change with time. And of these "variable stars", some go from dim to bright to dim in a very regular or "periodic", way. These projects explore the properties of periodic variable stars.
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