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

该奖项将支持新墨西哥大学的Michael Zeilik博士和新西兰卡特天文台的Edwin芽明博士之间的合作研究。他们将通过对数据进行仔细的光度观测和现象学分析的并行程序，研究选定的类太阳恒星的磁活动表现。观测将由位于新西兰的自动光度望远镜进行。在新西兰实施的自动光度望远镜将启动对南半球活跃恒星的巡逻，作为对北半球各天文台已经进行的观测计划的补充。来自望远镜的数据将使我们深入了解恒星活动的模式，以及它们如何与在太阳上看到的进行比较和对比。杜登博士为该项目带来了新西兰卡特天文台的资源，以及他自己在星斑光曲线建模方面的专业知识。泽利克博士参与了在北半球观测点实施自动化光度望远镜系统的工作。

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.