Observing RR Lyrae type stars
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of the 46th Conference on Variable Stars Research |
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| Web | http://var.astro.cz/oejv/issues/oejv0169.pdf |
| Field | Astronomy and astrophysics |
| Keywords | RR Lyrae; Czech RR Lyrae observation project |
| Description | A current status of an ongoing survey dealing with observation of RR Lyrae type stars is presented. This project, called the Czech RR Lyrae observation project, works in cooperation with amateur observers, and aims to collect precise multicolour photometric data of bright RR Lyrae stars. The first important result was the discovery of the Blazhko effect in CN Cam. |
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