Re: Another Star

[Tom Droege <tdroege2@earthlink.net>]

Well, I checked, and Andrew had already found it.  Never mind, I have 400 
CDs that the rest of you don't have so that I will soon have lots of my own 
stars.  ;^)  But Andrew gets this one.  There is lots of fun to be had by all.

Tom Droege

At 12:04 AM 3/26/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Here is a star I found in DS20 Disk 9 and 10
>
>I have plotted the star on the attached plot with I in red and V in 
>green.  This star is labeled s571.
>Since you can't read the x axis labels, the plot is 2hr 19m long and 
>contains 53 measurements.
>
>A nearby star is plotted for comparison with I in blue and V in 
>cyan.  This star is labeled s579.
>
>Star s571 is found at 4h 51m 10.2 s +7d 42m 55.6s.  We measure V = 
>10.39  I = 9.54 (mean values).
>Simbad lists a K0 star BD+07 739 at 4h 51m 10.22s with B = 11.1 and V = 10.3
>
>We found the comparison star at: 4h 51m 18.5s +7d 46m 30.4s  with V = 
>10.27 and I = 9.06
>Simbab lists a star GSC 00684-00553 at 4h 51m 18.53s +7d 46m 31.1s with B 
>= 11.4 and V = 10.3
>
>OK, this looks like a variable star to me.  I think there are lots more 
>where this one came from.  It is just a question of getting everything 
>calibrated.
>
>Tom Droege