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Predictions on the Number of Variable Stars for the GAIA Space Mission and for Surveys such as the Ground-Based International Liquid Mirror Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Laurent Eyer  and
Jan Cuypers
Laurent Eyer
Affiliation:
Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, K. U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Jan Cuypers
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan 3, B-1180 Brussel, Belgium

Abstract

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Future space and ground-based survey programmes will produce an impressive amount of photometric data. The GAIA space mission will map the complete sky down to V = 20m, and produce time series for about 1 billion stars. Survey instruments such as the International Liquid Mirror Telescope will observe slices of the sky down to V = 23m. In both experiments, the opportunity exists to discover a huge number of variable stars. Predictions of the expected total number of variable stars and the number of variables in specific subgroups are given.

Information

Type
Part 1. Large Scale Surveys: Present and Future
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 176: The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research , 2000 , pp. 71 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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