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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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