citizen sky

Note: A thread for this campaign has been created in the AAVSO Campaigns and Observation Reports discussion forum: https://www.aavso.org/eps-aur-monitoring

CONTINUED AT LEAST THROUGH 2021  -  Elizabeth O. Waagen, 17 April 2020

September 17, 2014: Dr. Robert Stencel (University of Denver Astronomy Program) has requested that AAVSO observers monitor epsilon Aurigae from now through the end of the observing season.

The bright, long-period, eclipsing binary star epsilon Aurigae is predicted to begin its next eclipse late July or early August of 2009. The AAVSO is participating in a global campaign to record this eclipse as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 celebrations, organized by the Citizen Sky project (http://www.citizensky.org). Epsilon Aurigae is now past solar conjunction and has reappeared as a morning object.

October 29, 2009

• Citizen Sky Workshop III: A Workshop to Develop a DSLR Photometry Manual
  
• DSLR Photometry Tutorial Pages (from original Citizen Sky site)
• AAVSO Photometry Forum
  

• AAVSO Binocular Program Star List and Chart Instructions
  
• AAVSO Visual Observing Forum
  

The Citizen Sky Project - Workshop III

Sponsored by:
The National Science Foundation and
The American Association of Variable Star Observers

When and Where:

The 3rd Citizen Sky Project Workshop will be held Friday-Sunday, March 22-24 at AAVSO Headquarters in Cambridge, MA.  We will kick-off the 3-day workshop with a meet-and-greet the evening of Thursday, March 21st. 

Goals and Structure:

Eclipse Spectropolarimetry of the epsilon Aurigae System

An Analysis of the Long-term Photometric Behavior of epsilon Aurigae