Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Fri, 03/11/2016 - 16:09

Hello everyone. As part of a school project I'm trying to obtain a period-luminosity relationship for extragalactic Classical Cepheids (in either the SMC or the LMC, so that all the stars I analyse are at the same distance from Earth) in the near infrared band (NIR). I know that the T8 in Siding Springs on the iTelescope platform has a NIR filter; however, the telescope has an extremely wide field of view and the filter doesn't seem to work for me. I was wondering if you know of any other service or such that would allow me to take photographs of the Magellanic Clouds in the NIR band or similar (red and/or MIR should be fine, it's not a scientific paper I have to write after all). I really just need  two or three photos, as I'm going to fill the rest of my analysis with data taken from such online databases as OGLE-III, which have full raw data online. General comments are also very welcome... Thank you for your attention and have a nice day!! :)