Jennifer Bean
Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science
Missouri State University
Advisor: Dr. Robert S. Patterson
Abstract
This is a part of an ongoing research project by Dr. Patterson to identify
low-amplitude variation in Yellow Supergiant (YSG) stars.
We picked F and G stars from SIMBAD to observe at Baker Observatory.
The stars were observed from August to November and were evaluated using IRAF.
The stars included a known YSG star. The variability of the stars was checked
and then searched for periodicity. The programs used to calculate the period
were the phase dispersion minimization (PDM) program in IRAF and Analisis de Variabilidad Estelar (AVE).
Jennifer Bean is a senior at Missouri State University.
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