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DSLR Photometry Chat Transcript
We will be hosting a Citizen Sky online chat TODAY, March 5th, at 11am Eastern (-5UT). Members of the Citizen Sky DSLR Documentation and Reduction Team will be online to answer questions regarding their work and the article published in the April Issue of Sky & Telescope Magazine. This article, titled "Photometry for All in the Digital Age," was written by team members Brian Kloppenborg and Tom Pearson. It describes the work of the DSLR team and explains that DSLR cameras can be quite effective for bright star photometry.
If you have a digital single-lens reflex camera and would like to know more about how to properly use it for photometry, please stop by with your questions. Read more
Thanks for a job well done!
We would like to congratulate one of the very first CS teams to form on a job well done!!
Most of the Citizen Sky teams will form during year 2 of the project and will have research/analysis related goals, but we did have a number of teams form in the first year of the project with non-research goals. One of these, the 20/20 Vision team, formed very early in the project with the goal of introducing its members to the "ins and outs" of visual variable star observing. The team leader, Chris Stephan, did a wonderful job of mentoring dozens of new observers. Through close communication he coached members on selecting equipment, making observations, even doing outreach! The team has decided to shut down now that they have reached their goal of learning the basics. Congratulations on a job well done and a goal successfully met!!Read more
L.A. Times Article
Check out this article in yesterday's issue of the Los Angeles Times featuring epsilon Aurigae and our very own Brian Kloppenborg!!
The article even mentions the song written by CS worksop participant Bob Miller and refers to the eps Aur illustrations that exists as "artwork that would make Spock proud". You can find the song, We are the Stars, and the illustrations made by CS participants on our Media Room Page.Read more
New eps Aur Illustration!
Aesthetic Solutions team leader, Nico Camargo has just updated his most recent eps Aur illustration! You can view the new version here on the Citizen Sky media page. Read more
Newsletter #7 is Now Online!
The seventh issue of the Citizen Sky Newsletter has been released!
Note: It seems as though the email notifications of the Newsletter have been going into many people's SPAM folders. Please take a moment to go into your spam folder and mark the message as "not spam" in order to prevent missing the notification email in the future.
Thanks and take care!
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Thoughts after the workshop...
Hello All,
Well, we've had some time to settle back into life after the 2nd Citizen Sky Workshop in San Francisco. I still have some left over "warm fuzzies" from our time there. Our venue, the California Academy of Sciences, was gorgeous and the staff there were very helpful and friendly. We had a wonderful group of attendees and speakers. I am very excited that everything was caught on video and look forward to posting those on the website soon. I have already started to post the speakers' presentation files (ppt/pdf) so that you can follow along with the slides as you watch the videos once they are posted. Read more
Newsletter #6 is Now Online!
The sixth issue of the Citizen Sky Newsletter has been released!
Note: It seems as though the email notification of the Newsletter is going into many people's SPAM folders - especially those who use Gmail. Please take a moment to go into your spam folder and mark the message as "not spam" in order to prevent missing the notification email in the future.
Thanks and take care!
~RRead more
Updated version of VStar is now available!
An updated version of the multi-platform, easy-to-use variable star data visualization and analysis tool, VStar, is now available! (To download the new version simply visit the VStar page and click on "Download VStar Now.")
Check out the recent posts by David Benn and Doc Kinne on the VStar Team page for more details on the new release.
If you are unfamiliar with VStar please visit the VStar page for a basic introduction. There you can find out how to download, launch, and use this powerful tool. Happy VStaring!!Read more
Last day to apply for the 1st round of selection for the upcoming Citizen Sky Workshop!
The deadline to apply for the 1st round of selection is midnight (Eastern) tonight Monday, June 14th!
The second Citizen Sky Workshop will be held Friday-Sunday, September 3-5, 2010 at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. We will kick-off the 3-day workshop with an opening reception and tour on the evening of September 2. The focus of this workshop will be data analysis and scientific paper writing. We will have sessions updating us on the science of epsilon Aurigae, how to use VStar for basic data analysis, how to write papers for peer review, how to choose good research questions, doing literature reviews and much more. We also will have a free showing of the new Citizen Sky planetarium trailer on the California Academy of Science's brand-new planetarium dome.
Travel grants are available.
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Apply Now for the Second Citizen Sky Workshop
The second Citizen Sky Workshop will be held Friday-Sunday, September 3-5, 2010 at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. We will kick-off the 3-day workshop with an opening reception and tour on the evening of September 2. The focus of this workshop will be data analysis and scientific paper writing. We will have sessions updating us on the science of epsilon Aurigae, how to use VStar for basic data analysis, how to write papers for peer review, how to choose good research questions, doing literature reviews and much more. We also will have a free showing of the new Citizen Sky planetarium trailer on the California Academy of Science's brand-new planetarium dome.
Visit the wokshop page for a preliminary schedule and application.Read more
