2024 was a year of firsts and dramatic moments for the RFO Research Committee. Theteam quadrupled its image output over 2023, capturing more than 3,000 science imagesacross 78 observing nights. New cameras went into service on the RC20, exoplanettransits were successfully observed for the first time, and in September a closely watchedvariable star began one …
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High School Students Publish Research on Double Star System WDS 22267+4433
Can two stars be gravitationally bound to each other across the void of space? Determining whether a pair of stars that appear close together in the sky are actually in orbit around each other — or merely close in our line of sight by coincidence — requires measuring their positions precisely, repeatedly, over many years. …