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Surveying the Bright Sky

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Arne A. Henden*
Affiliation:
AAVSO, 49 Bay State Road, Cambridge, MA 02138 email: arne@aavso.org
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Abstract

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The AAVSO is initiating a new survey of the sky. It will cover the entire visible sky, both north and south, on a daily basis, in two colours, and with a limiting magnitude of V = 17. This will be a perfect complement to LSST, but will be available years earlier and will continue into the indefinite future. The photometry will be publicly available within 24 hours through our website. Some details of the hardware and operations are described.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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