photometry

Bands in optical data in the AAVSO International Database

Bands in optical data in the AAVSO International Database (AID)

Each variable star observation in the AID contains a field that specifies the band (filter) used in making the observation.

For data downloaded from the AID using the data-download tool, the band is given as an abbreviation (e.g., visual is Vis, Johnson V is V).

In special cases, the band (e.g. visual) may be represented as a number (e.g., 0). The following numbers represents the following bands:

Alert Notice 703: TCP J21040470+4631129 images, photometry, and spectroscopy urgently requested - REVISED

Note: This Alert Notice was revised from its original text to correct a misinterpretation of the request from Dr. Echevarria, to update the recent observations, and to update the status of scheduled HST observations.  -  Elizabeth O. Waagen, 2 April 2020

April 2, 2020   (original issued April 1, 2020)

Exoplanets and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Variable Stars and the Stories They Tell: Exoplanets and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

©February 2018 by Dale Alan Bryant

(In memory of M.I.T. astrophysicist Dr. Philip Morrison - who started all this...)

 

Though the figures are tough to keep up with - they are changing, almost daily - the Kepler Space Telescope (KST) has discovered, to date, over 4,500 exoplanet candidates, ~3,400+ of which have been confirmed.

The AAVSO Research Portal

Welcome to the AAVSO's Research Portal.  From this page, you can find information about obtaining AAVSO data, requesting new observations, or learning more about the AAVSO, its data, and its services for the research community.  Its purpose is to facilitate your use of the AAVSO's resources in your research efforts.

See the gray boxes on the right hand side of this page to access the AAVSO data archives or to find out  how to work with the AAVSO to obtain new scientific data.

 

Special Notice #405: Request for Monitoring of V4641 Sgr

August 4, 2015:  Dr. Gregory Sivakoff (U. of Alberta) has requested optical monitoring of the galactic microquasar V4641 Sgr beginning immediately, and continuing for the next 120 days, or until it is no longer observable from your location.