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When a star blinked!

When a star blinked!

by Viraj Karambelkar | Jul 26, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s paper describes a very weird variable star that blinked!

UR: An Alert-Broker for Real-Time Astronomical Events

UR: An Alert-Broker for Real-Time Astronomical Events

by Guest | Mar 5, 2021 | Undergraduate Research

In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover how Sarah DeSantis automatically identified which stars of the many observed were behaving strangely and what these objects may be.

The Eyes of GAIA: Peering Into Our Galaxy’s Variable Nature

The Eyes of GAIA: Peering Into Our Galaxy’s Variable Nature

by James Negus | Dec 12, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

Identifying Variable Stars in Gaia!

UR #24: Milliseconds Per Century: Evolution of RR Lyraes in M15

UR #24: Milliseconds Per Century: Evolution of RR Lyraes in M15

by Astrobites | Jul 28, 2020 | Undergraduate Research

This month’s undergraduate research post features two students who explored a long term change in variable star properties, using data spanning over a century.

Studying the Population of Variable Objects in the Dark Energy Survey

Studying the Population of Variable Objects in the Dark Energy Survey

by Astrobites | Mar 19, 2020 | Undergraduate Research

Today’s undergraduate research post is seeking to automatically identify variable stars in the upcoming all sky survey, LSST. Read on to find out more!

Using a Random Forest to Classify ASAS-SN Variable Stars

Using a Random Forest to Classify ASAS-SN Variable Stars

by Huei Sears | Jan 30, 2020 | Daily Paper Summaries

ASAS-SN searches for supernova and finds variable stars too! They found so many (~90,000) that they decided to classify them all. How do you go about classifying 90,000 things? Machine learning, of course!

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