Duration:
Two 60-minute sessions Students will learn about binary and multiple star systems and how they differ from our own, then measure actual double star data, which can then be submitted to the Journal of Double Star Observations for possible publication.
Objectives:
Students will learn what a double star is.
Students will photograph pairs from a list of neglected double stars.
Materials:
MPO Canopus software
Vocabulary:
Eclipse
Double star
Binary
Common proper motion
SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
Procedure:
Astrophotography “beauty” double
Astrophotography research doubles
Decoding the finder charts, SDSS plates
