Michael Hotka's
Binocular Variable Star Observing ProgramResults

My AAVSO Observer Code is HMIA

Submitted 23 observations to AAVSO on 12/14/2015. See uploaded file here.
Submitted 24 observations to AAVSO on 1/2/2016. See uploaded file here.
Submitted 17 observations to AAVSO on 1/28/2016. See uploaded file here.

Observations for My 24 Variables

Star Name	Finder Chart	AAVSO Chart
V UMI	Chart	X15627BN
PV PEG	Chart	X15627BF
EG AND	Chart	X15658KJC
V0370 AND	Chart	X15627AN
Z PSC	Chart	X15627BK
GO PEG	Chart	X15627BE
TV PSC	Chart	X15627BH
RHO CAS	Chart	X15627AS
V0465 CAS	Chart	X15627AR
SU PER	Chart	X15627BI
W TRI	Chart	X15658GUT
PSI 1 AUR	Chart	X15627AO
UU AUR	Chart	X15627AP
Y TAU	Chart	X15627BL
BU GEM	Chart	X15627AU
TV GEM	Chart	X15658KJL
BL ORI	Chart	X15627BD
BQ ORI	Chart	X15627BB
W ORI	Chart	X15627BC
R LEP	Chart	X15627AV
RX LEP	Chart	X15627AW
RV MON	Chart	X15627AX
SX MON	Chart	X15627AY
U MON	Chart	X15627AZ
X MON	Chart	X15627BA

I made observations of 24 variable stars over three nights about a month apart. The first two observations were from my backyard in Broomfield, CO, where I had to rely on my star hopping skills to find the variable stars to observe.

The third night was out near Deer Trail, CO, where the night was prestine and the stars were gorgeous. I had not seen so many stars in the winter sky for quite some time.

I was able to easily find my variable stars to observe, for the stars I used to star hop from my backyard were easily visible at Deer Trail. I also noticed that many of the variables I looked at this night were off color. Either pale white or had a red tint to them. This made them easy to pick out of the blue-white stars in the binocular's field of view. I had not expected this.

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