Using Computer Simulations with Variable Star Data

Volume 22 number 1 (1993)

Download this article (pdf)

Charles A. Whitney

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Abstract

Five desktop computer simulations for the modeling of stellar properties and the variations of eclipsing binaries and pulsating stars are described. Their relationships to the various stages of data modeling are indicated with a concept map. These simulations can be used for demonstrations, for homework, or qualitative data analysis.