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Using Old Tricks to Discover New Variable Stars

Volume 23 number 2 (1995)

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Daniel H. Kaiser
Columbus, IN

Abstract

Using the nearly one hundred year old technique of comparing photographs of the same sky area taken on different dates, over three dozen previously unrecognized variable stars have been found. The necessary procedures to identify discoveries are discussed.