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Originally Posted by orestis
hi everyone,
if you don't mind i'll like to join the discussion as i myself am interested in variable star observing.
A question that comes to mind is will the moon effect visual estimations of magnitudes?
And also if i collect data where can i submit it other than here to show you guys my progress.
Thanks in advance and good luck with observing variables Suzy.
regards Orestis  |
The moon doesn't matter too much for brighter stars but does wash out your ability to see dimmer stars. If you are within abot 30deg of the moon it makes it much harder.
Submissions to AAVSO.
Take a look at
http://www.varstars.org/Stars-to-observe.html
for a list of easy to observe stars and here
http://www.varstars.org/How-to-Obser...ble-Stars.html
for instructions.