AstroEvent of the Week: January 19th-25th, 2009: Will EE Cephei Fade?
Light Curve models of EE Cephei during the 2003 event. (Credit: Simostronomy). Variable star observing stands as a key area that amateur astronomers can still make a significant contribution. Either...
View ArticleAstroEvent of the Week: 27.04.09: Epsilon Aurigae.
Epsilon Aurigae. (Credit: Stellarium). The American Association of Variable Star Observers wants you to help gather data on a very enigmatic astronomical object; the variable star Epsilon Aurigae. This...
View ArticleU Scorpii is Currently in Outburst.
This is a quick shout out for all variable star watchers to catch a rare object; recurrent nova U Scorpii is currently in outburst. Followers of this space will recall that we blogged about this flare...
View Article24.02.10: A Robotic Telescope Raffle!
Ever wish you could have your very own robotic telescope based at a world class dark sky site to utilize on those murky winter nights? Well, the American Association of Variable Star Observers...
View Article17.01.11: Tracking Vestoids.
Vesta: Hubble’s best…(Credit: NASA/JPL/ESA/Space Telescope Institute). The American Association of Variable Star Observers & NASA wants YOU to assist them with the up and coming Dawn mission....
View Article22.01.11: A Quasar Campaign.
Field for 3C 273. (Credit: Marcus Hauser Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Koenigstuhl) A call recently went out from the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) that we thought was...
View Article19.02.11: V1647 Orionis-A Request for Observations.
The region of M78 (Arrowed). (Credit: Clay M. Davis). This past Tuesday, a call for observations went out from the American Association for Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) for observations past and...
View Article15.04.11: T Pyxidis in Outburst!
The field of T Pyx with 1 deg & 5 deg FOV…(Created by Author in Starry Night). We interrupt this weeks regularly scheduled book review (which will run tomorrow) to bring notice to a recent...
View ArticleVariable Star Observing 101.
An artist’s conception of an accreting binary system. (Credit: NASA). Bored and looking for something new to do in astronomy? Tired of hauling out that imaging rig you took out a 2nd mortgage for just...
View ArticleAstroChallenge: The Sub-Giants of Delta Serpentis.
You might’ve noticed that we here at Astroguyz have a thing for double stars. This can be a controversial affliction among deep-sky observers, as many an astro-imager sees mere stars as boring...
View ArticleReview: Starlight Nights by Leslie Peltier
An astronomy classic! Did you know that there are oodles of books out on the web for free? And no, we’re not talking about Amazon Prime, but sites such as Project Gutenberg where stuff that’s long...
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