Near Infrared Robotic Observation of Double Star System WDS 13513-3928

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Abstract

A near infrared robotic observation of the double star system WDS 13513-3928 was performed at the Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia—part of the Las Cumbres Observatory Network. The mean position angle (θ) and separation (ρ) were measured to be 51.79° +/- 0.002° and 28.32" +/- 0.001", respectively, and were calculated from a series of twenty images. The mean values obtained, along with historical measurements from the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) and astrometric data collected by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia satellite, substantiate the claim that the system is likely an optical double system.

*This research was supported by the Physics Department at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Presenters

  • Stephen L White

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Boyce Research Initiatives and Education Foundation

Authors

  • Stephen L White

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Boyce Research Initiatives and Education Foundation
  • James Gallegos

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  • Grady Boyce

    • Boyce Research Initiatives and Education Foundation
  • Pat Boyce

    • Boyce Research Initiatives and Education Foundation
  • Carson Barnett

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology