A Search for Variable Stars in Two Northern Open Clusters: NGC 381 and NGC 637
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This winning entry in the Museum's Young Naturalist Awards 2005 by Morgan, a 17 year old student from Maine, documents a search for undiscovered variable stars. His essay provides background information about variable stars and the important role they have played in astronomy. He reports on his investigations into variable stars over a two-year period using amateur telescopes and CCD cameras, the data he collected about the two open clusters he observed, and the two new variables he discovered.
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Grade: PS/Pre-K to 12
Topics: Earth & Space Science
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