Speckle interferometry has been on RFO’s research radar for a while, with earlier proof-of-concept observations demonstrating the technique is achievable with the RC20 telescope. This summer, RFO volunteer Harley Zerega took that foundation to the next level, systematically working to understand the limits of what the RC20 can accomplish with speckle — observing three double …
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RFO Volunteers Publish New Measurements of a 194-Year-Old Double Star Discovery
Two RFO volunteers, Sophie Qin and Rachel Freed, have submitted a research paper to the Journal of Double Star Observations (JDSO) presenting new astrometric measurements of the double star system WDS 18428+5938 ” a pair of stars that have been watched by astronomers for nearly two centuries. A Star System with a Long History WDS …
High School Students Catch a Star System Speeding Up — And Submit the Proof to a Scientific Journal
One of the most rewarding aspects of the RFO Research Program is seeing students do genuine science ” not simulations or textbook exercises, but original research that contributes to the broader astronomical community. This week, that became especially real: a group of students and their teacher at Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy in Vacaville submitted a …