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Re: (meteorobs) Meteors and stars



>     ..and here the penny dropped. Why not learn some of the naked eye
> variables, so that I could slip in a few observations during the meteoric
> dry spells? (How's that for an oxymoron?) There's a goodly number of

In the Teide National Park there was a display board which talked about
the "meteorization" of the rocks.  No it wasn't talking about cosmic
impacts )-:, but weathering.

> of which I knew already. Betelgeuse, Algol, delta Cephei, beta Lyrae, and
> Mira are but a few of the available targets.

You might be interested in the SPA Variable Star Section, which has been
observing naked-eye variables for at least 35 years.   See
 http://www.popastro.com/sections/vs.htm.  There are light curves.

I used to time `binocular' eclipsing binary mimima of between
telescopic-meteor watches.  The half-hour sessions fitted in well with
the required frequency of estimates.

Malcolm


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