Photometric Search for Variables in DD9 with STExTS

ORAL

Abstract

The Small Telescope Extrasolar Transit Searches (STExTS) project is a small aperture, wide-angle search for planetary transits and variable stars. Observations of the open cluster Dolidze-Dzimseleshvili 9 were made with an f/2.8 152 mm astrograph for 37 nights in 2011. Lightcurves were obtained for approximately 1900 stars that were extracted and catalogued from the images. We report on preliminary results and characteristics of new binary stars discovered.

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Authors

  • Eric Bechter

    University of Dallas

  • Richard Olenick

    University of Dallas

  • Arthur Sweeney

    University of Dallas

  • Blaise DuFrain

    University of Dalllas, University of Dallas

  • Andrew Bechter

    University of Dallas