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OAG COMMON PROPER MOTIONS WIDE PAIRS SURVEY. II MEETING DOUBLE STAR OBSERVERS (Pro-Am) Sabadell 23-24 October 2010 Xavier Miret / Tòfol Tobal Observatori Astronòmic del Garraf (OAG) www.oagarraf.net. OAG CPM WPS.
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OAG COMMON PROPER MOTIONS WIDE PAIRS SURVEY II MEETING DOUBLE STAR OBSERVERS (Pro-Am) Sabadell 23-24 October 2010 Xavier Miret / Tòfol Tobal Observatori Astronòmic del Garraf (OAG) www.oagarraf.net
OAG CPM WPS • Project: Search and detection of star pairs with CPM not catalogued yet. • FEATURES: • VISUAL SURVEY. Visual inspection of digitized plates. • SYSTEMATIC SURVEY. Scanning selected areas.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND • W.J. Luyten • Main contribution to double stars with CPM • Year 1979 • NLTT > 58.000 stars • LDS > 6.000 pairs • μ > 0.2 arcsec yr -1
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND • Lépine & Shara • SUPERBLINK software. • 2003-2008 • LSPM > 122.000 • > 1000 doubles • μ > 0,15 arcseg yr -1
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND • GARRAF SURVEY (2008). Search for companions of near 2.000 NLTT between 0,5 and 1 arcseg yr -1 • J. A. Caballero & D. Montes
STARS TO STUDY • Stellar population with CPM < 0,15 arcsec yr -1 not studied up to now. • Some pairs with CPM > 0,15 arcsec yr -1 not catalogued before.
COORDINATION & TEAMS • Coordination OAG. • Collaboration AAS. C. Schnabel. • Open information: www.oagarraf.net
OAG CPMWP SURVEYWorkshop I & II February and July 2010, Sabadell (Barcelona) Tutorials. Method Techniques Practical examples Resolution of questions. Adjudication sectors. Timetable. Preparation of publications. Organization: OAG / AAS
CURRENT STATUS • > 500 pairs catalogued up to now. • 10 amateur teams on work. • Forecast: 12 h RA at the end 2010.
METHOD • Loading images POSS I and POSS II (15 x 15 arcmin). Δt +/- 40 years. • Blinking RGB. Identification of pairs. • Crossing catalogues. USNOB1 and NOMAD1. • Collecting data. • Polar coordinates. Theta/Rho. Aladin vector tool.
POLAR COORDINATES • Theta/Rho measures on digitized plates. • Optimization centroid (Image convolution). • Aladin vector tool (Manual path). • Reference. I Novalbos communication.
TARGETS • Pairs with sep > 5”. No superior limit. • No magnitude limit. • PM > 50 marcsec y -1 in at least one coordinate. • Maximum difference in PM between components < 10 marcsec y -1 in two coordinates. ◄
TARGETS • ¿What is the proper motions difference between components? • Always < 15% the absolute value of PM • Always < 3 X mean error (catalogue value)
DATA COLLECTION 1 • IDENTIFICATION. USNOB1 / NOMAD1 / 2MASS / TYCHO2 / HIPPARCOS • RA / DEC J2000 • MAGNITUDE V or R • PM RA • PM DEC • PM CATALOGUE SOURCE
DATA COLLECTION 2 • THETA • RHO • EPOCH • In case of lack of PM in pairs with suggestive image blinking we make multiepoch astrometry to support the CPM character.
PUBLICATION • Revision and cataloguing USNO / WDS: B.D.Mason (USNO). • Electronic publication: USNO/WDS Website • Publication: Webb Society DSSC: B.Argyle • Professional studies and publications. J. A.Caballero , D. Montes.
FUTURE • Encourage professional and amateur teams interested so that the project can be improved. • Searching and development a software capable to find the same pairs automatically. • Stellar characterization in at least some subgroups of stars.
Observatori Astronòmic del GarrafParc del Garraf (Barcelona)