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Getting Started | |
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What Is Lightcurve Photometry? | |
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What Lies Ahead | |
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Targets of Opportunity | |
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Asteroids | |
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Variable Stars | |
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Eclipsing Binary Lightcurve Characteristics | |
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Cataclysmic Variables | |
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Cepheids | |
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Long Period (Mira) Variables | |
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Semi-Regular Variables | |
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Other Targets | |
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Summary | |
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Photometry Fundamentals | |
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A Little Bit of History | |
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The First Color-Based Systems | |
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The Johnson-Cousins Standard | |
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Setting the Standard | |
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Seeing Red | |
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CCDs and Standard Magnitudes | |
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Landolt Standards | |
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Henden Sequences | |
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The Photometry Primer | |
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Instrumental Versus Standard Magnitudes | |
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Air Mass | |
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Extinction | |
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Transforms and Nightly Zero-Points | |
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Differential Versus All-Sky Photometry | |
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Seeing and Scintillation | |
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Matching Pixel Size to Seeing | |
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Bias Frames | |
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Dark Frames | |
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Flat Fields | |
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Photometry Apertures and Annuluses | |
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Reporting Errors | |
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Photometric Reductions | |
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The Different Path | |
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The Differential Formula | |
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Clear to Visual Conversions | |
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First-Order Extinctions - Are They Really Necessary? | |
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The Same Color Index | |
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Transforms First | |
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Finding Transforms | |
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The Hidden Transforms | |
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First-Order Extinction | |
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Finding First-Order Extinction (Modified Hardie) | |
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A Variation on the Modified Hardie method | |
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Finding First-Order Extinction (Comp Star) | |
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Comparison and Target Standard Color Index Values | |
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Find the Color Indices of the Comparisons and Target | |
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The Comparison Star Standard Magnitudes | |
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Finding the Comparison Star Standard Magnitudes | |
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Target Standard Magnitudes | |
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Finding the Standard Magnitudes of the Target | |
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The Different Path's End | |
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A Minimalist Approach | |
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Using the Minimalist Approach for Standard Magnitudes | |
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Second Order Extinction | |
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Deriving a Single-Color Approach | |
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The Slope of Slopes Method | |
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When Is the Second-Order Term Applied? | |
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Summary | |
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Telescopes and Cameras | |
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The Telescope | |
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The CCD Camera | |
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Digital and Web Cameras | |
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Filter Wheels | |
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Guiding Considerations | |
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Imaging and Photometry Software | |
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Image Acquisition Software | |
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Specific Features | |
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Photometry Software | |
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Conforming to Accepted Standards | |
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Manual Versus Automated Measuring | |
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Collecting Photons | |
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The First Step - Getting the Right Time | |
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Planning the Observing Program | |
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Selecting Targets | |
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General Considerations | |
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Asteroids | |
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Variable Stars | |
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The Observing Run | |
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Measuring Images | |
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From Image to Data | |
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The Hands-On Approach for Measuring Images | |
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Checking the Comparison Stars | |
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The Automated Approach to Measuring Images | |
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Analyzing the Data | |
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The Quality of Data | |
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Period Analysis | |
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About Merging Data and Setting Zero-Points | |
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A Simple Start | |
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To What Precision | |
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Refining the Search Process | |
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The Amplitude of the Lightcurve | |
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Aliases in Depth | |
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Plotting the Half-Period | |
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A Specific Alias Example | |
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The Case of 3155 Lee | |
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Period Analysis on a Spreadsheet | |
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From Lightcurve to Shape | |
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Building Star Systems | |
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Getting Started | |
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Binary Maker | |
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The Many Possibilities | |
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The Effects of Changing the Inclination | |
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The Effects of Temperature Changes in the Primary | |
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The Effects of Temperature Changes in the Secondary | |
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The Effects of Changing the Mass Ratio | |
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The Effects of Gravity/Limb Darkening and Reflection | |
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Publishing Your Data and Results | |
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Confirm Before You Publish | |
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Asteroids | |
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Variable Stars | |
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Learn by Association | |
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Bibliography | |
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Glossary | |
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Constellation Names | |
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Transforms Example | |
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Example Transforms Data | |
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The Spreadsheet | |
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The Hidden Transforms | |
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First-Order (Hardie) Example | |
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The Data | |
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The Spreadsheet | |
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First-Order (Comp) Example | |
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The Data | |
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The Spreadsheet | |
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Standard Color Indices | |
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The Data | |
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The Spreadsheet | |
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Comparison Standard Magnitudes | |
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The Data | |
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The Spreadsheet | |
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Target Standard Magnitudes | |
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The Data | |
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The Spreadsheet | |
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Landolt/Graham Standard Fields | |
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Henden Charts | |
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Hipparcos Blue-Red Pairs | |
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Steps used to produce the List | |
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Hipparcos Blue-Red Pairs | |
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SDSS Blue-Red Pairs | |
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Index | |