Monitoring the Orion Nebula Cluster

这一奖项资助了夏威夷大学的一项观测工作，该项目将探索猎户座星团在不同时间尺度上的恒星变异性，猎户座星团是附近的恒星形成区域。该项目将建立在NSF之前对VYSOS(可变年轻恒星光学调查)项目的投资的基础上。这一提议的重点是了解亮度变化如何揭示恒星周吸积、巨型恒星黑子、磁耀斑、轨道尘埃凝聚的掩星以及伴星的日食。亮度变化将与模拟年轻恒星吸积过程的磁流体力学代码的预测进行比较。该项目将支持本科生和研究生的教育和培训，以及对当地高中生的教育和推广努力，其中一些人也将直接参与该项目。这次调查的数据和数据产品可供天文学团体与美国虚拟天文台合作使用。

This award funds an observational effort at the University of Hawaii that will explore stellar variability on various time scales in the Orion Cluster, is a nearby star forming region. The project will build upon previous NSF investments in the VYSOS (Variable Young Stars Optical Survey) project. The focus of this proposal is to understand how brightness variations reveal circumstellar accretion, giant star spots, magnetic flares, occultations by orbiting dust condensations, and eclipses by companions. The brightness variations will be compared to the predictions of magnetohydrodynamic codes that model the accretion process in young stars.The project will support education and training of undergraduate and graduate students, along with education and outreach efforts to local high school students, some of whom will also be involved directly in the project. The data and data products from this survey available to the astronomical community in collaboration with the US Virtual Observatory.