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Starspot imaging using VRI photometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

A. Collier Cameron*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 OHA England

Abstract

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Recent progress on maximum-entropy imaging of stellar surface brightness distributions using VRI photometry and Doppler-broadened absorption line profiles is reported. VRI photometry generally provides tighter constraints on starspot configurations than does Doppler imaging (which requires the use of large telescopes). Observers carrying out long-term photometric monitoring programmes on spotted stars are urged to work in the VRI system, as well as the UBV.

Type
II. Photometric Research Programmes
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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