ED048-10
NEW MEASUREMENT OF BINARY STAR SYSTEM WDS 18166+8027

Tuesday, 15 December 2020: 17:58
Virtual
Kingsley Panigrahi1, Alexander Vasquez2,3, Maryanne Angliongto4, Tristan Thongpricha4, Chris Franz4, Adam Smith4, Shannon Pangalos-Scott5, Joseph M Fedrow6, Francisco Velez4, Rachel Freed3, Rebecca Chamberlain4 and Russ Merle Genet7, (1)Stanford Online High School, Redwood City, United States, (2)Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, United States, (3)InStAR, Sonoma, CA, United States, (4)Evergreen State College, Olympia, United States, (5)QUADRIVIUM: STEAM & Astronomical Society, Olympia, WA, United States, (6)Future Null Infinity Foundation, San Diego, CA, United States, (7)California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, United States
Abstract:
Double star systems are pairs of stars that appear as one star. When the paired stars appear close solely due to their alignment as seen from earth, the pair is called an optical double. However, a true double star is called a binary star, commonly defined as two stars orbiting around a common center or around each other . Data has been gathered and analyzed for the specific double star system WDS 18166+8027 (LDS1884). To date, WDS 18166+8027 has been observed 5 times since its discovery in 1965. In this, the 6th study of this stellar system, charged couple device (CCD) measurements were made using the Las Cumbres Observatory network to better define the behavior of this system. This data will provide a better understanding of WDS 18166+8027 and may better inform the future understanding of other double star systems. Further research is warranted to better understand unique double star systems such as WDS 18166+8027.
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