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CCD Observations of Short-Period Variables at Middlebury College

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Stephen J. Ratcliff

Jeffrey M. Collins

Department of Physics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753

Received: August 27, 1992

Abstract

The Middlebury College Observatory is equipped with a 0.41-m reflecting telescope and a CCD imaging camera.  Among the observational programs we have undertaken is the photometric study of short-period variable stars, especially delta Sct variables.  There are many short-period (P < 6h) variables with amplitudes of several hundredths of a magnitude or greater, which are ideal objects for study with CCDs on small telescopes, especially in educational settings