U.S.-New Zealand Cooperative Research: A Tended Automatic Photometric Telescope for the Southern Hemisphere

该奖项将使迈克尔博士之间的合作研究 新墨西哥州大学的Zeilik和宾夕法尼亚大学的Edwin Budding博士 卡特天文台，新西兰 他们会调查 磁活动的表现在选定的类太阳恒星， 仔细的光度观测的并行程序， 数据的现象学分析。 观察结果将是 由一台自动化测光望远镜进行， 新西兰 在纽约实现自动化测光望远镜 新西兰将在南部启动一个活跃恒星的巡逻 半球互补的观测方案已经 在北方的各个天文台进行观测。 数据从 这架望远镜将帮助我们深入了解 活动，以及它们如何与 太阳 布丁博士为该项目带来了 卡特天文台在新西兰和他自己的专业知识， 星点光变曲线的建模。 泽利克博士参与了 在自动化测光望远镜的实现中， 系统在北方半球的网站。

This award will enable collaborative research between Dr. Michael Zeilik of the University of New Mexico and Dr. Edwin Budding of the Carter Observatory, New Zealand. They will investigate the manifestations of magnetic activity in selected sunlike stars by parallel programs of careful photometric observations and phenomenological analysis of the data. The observations will be carried out by a tended automated photometric telescope sited in New Zealand. Implementation of a tended automated photometric telescope in New Zealand will initiate a patrol of active stars in the Southern Hemisphere complementary to the observation programs already underway at various Northern Hemisphere observatories. Data from the telescope will yield insight into the patterns of stellar activity and how they compare and contrast to those seen in the sun. Dr. Budding brings to the project the resources of the Carter Observatory in New Zealand and his own expertise in the modeling of starspot light curves. Dr. Zeilik has been involved in the implementation of tended automated photometric telescope systems at Northern Hemisphere sites.