A survey for variable young stars with small telescopes: First results from HOYS-CAPS
- Froebrich, D.
- Campbell-White, J.
- Scholz, A.
- Eisloffel, J.
- Zegmott, T.J.
- Billington, S. J.
- Donohoe, J.
- Makin, S.V.
- Hibbert, R.
- Newport, R.
- Pickard, R.
- Quinn, N.
- Rodda, T.
- Piehler, G.
- Shelley, M.
- Parkinson, S.
- Wiersema, K.
- Walton, I.
DOIAbstract
Variability in Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) is one of their primary characteristics. Long-term, multi-filter, high-cadence monitoring of large YSO samples is the key to understand the partly unusual light-curves that many of these objects show. Here we introduce and present the first results of the HOYS-CAPS citizen science project which aims to perform such monitoring for nearby (d<kpc) and young (age<10Myr) clusters and star forming regions, visible from the northern hemisphere, with small telescopes. We have identified and characterised 466 variable (413 confirmed young) stars in 8 young, nearby clusters. All sources vary by at least 0.2mag in V, have been observed at least 15 times in V, R and I in the same night over a period of about ...
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