Scientific Goals for a Collaboration Between Amateur and Professional Astronomers in the Study of Variable Stars
1988 ◽
Vol 98
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pp. 183-184
Keyword(s):
Variable stars are a field where the contribution of amateur astronomers is of great importance. This contribution can be separated in to complementary parts: 1)collaboration with professional institutes that well-equipped amateurs can easily undertake in the field of photoelectric observation;2)visual observation of variable stars, which in many cases can be a preliminary approach to photoelectric photometry.