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Now is the Time to Observe (updated w/Pleiades occultation)
Dr. Bob's recent post makes one thing perfectly clear: Now is the time to start observing! The eclipse can start any day now and you'll want to get your baseline data in now. Epsilon Aurigae rises around 1am. Most so-called "normal" people will be sleeping, so that makes your observation even more valuable since we will have such little data. You wanted to be a real astronomer, here is your chance. You gotta sacrifice some Zzzz's like all astronomers,Read more
Live from Chicago!
The Simostronomy Blog reported live from the first day of the first Citizen Sky Workshop this week at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Also, Robin Leadbeater has reported some new interesting spectroscopic results from Aug. 6!
Lite Brite Video for Citizen Sky
We created a silly 6 minute video that describes epsilon Aurigae and the Citizen Sky project using diagrams made from Lite Brite pegs. Check it out and feel free to repost to other forums!Read more
Amateur Spectroscopy Chat Transcript
A transcript of the spectroscopy chat with Jeff Hopkins is now online. The chat was on Thursday at 3pm EDT (-4UT). The featured topic was amateur spectroscopy, primarily of epsilon Aurigae.
Our First Publication: CBET #1885!
CBET #1885 is the first publication of the Citizen Sky project! Congrats to Robin and all the observers who submitted data for the publication. Read the publication and a description of it in this post in our Data Analysis forum.
Light Curves for Fun and Profit
New to variable stars and wondering what a light curve is? Sadly, it's not a cool weapon from Star Wars (although I imagine Jedi would find them useful for fighting around corners). I've recently wrote a forum post describing light curves and how to read them. Check it out and post your questions and comments.
Chat Transcript w/Dr. Arne Henden
Dr. Arne Henden, PI of this project and director of the AAVSO, was in the chat room on Friday, July 10 at 1pm EST (-4UT). A transcript is attached to this blog post. He took questions on CCD and DSLR photometry of bright stars. We will host future chats for beginning visual observers and spectroscopy in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
Artists Needed for... art!
We are looking for a few good artists... or one would do, actually. We have a press release prepared and ready to be published as soon as the powers-that-be finish filling out some paperwork. However, we don't have an illustration or a logo to describe epsilon Aurigae or our project. Read this post in our forums for how to help!Read more
Transcript of Chat with Dr. Bob
On Thursday, July 2 our own Dr. Bob was a featured guest in an online 1-hour online chat beginning at 1pm EDT (-4 UT). The discussion focused on scientific theories behind epsilon Aurigae and infrared photometric observing techniques. A transcript has been attached to this blog post. Stay tuned for future chats on topics such as visual observing, data analysis, EPO and more.Read more
Professor Astronomy on CitizenSky
Professor Astronomy, Dr. Kurtis Williams, has written a nice introduction to the project in his blog. Click here to check it out!
