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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.

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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