Michael Hotka's
Long Period Variable Stars Observations
I decided to try my hand at using robotic telescopes and AAVSO's VPhot program for this part of the exercise. I used a Sierra Stars Observatory Network telescope in Perth, Australia (the R-COP observations) for the southern hemisphere stars. I used iTelescopes (the IT05 and IT16 observations) in the northern hemispehere for the remainder.
I really enjoyed the automation that this part of variable star observing introduced me to.
I submitted all my observations to AAVSO through their web link. My observer code is HMIA.
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