Double Trouble (Abstract)

Volume 43 number 2 (2015)

Mike Simonsen

AAVSO Headquarters, 49 Bay State Road, Cambridge, MA 02138; msimonsen@aavso.org

Abstract

(Abstract only) Variable stars with close companions can be difficult to accurately measure and characterize. The companions can create misidentifications, which in turn can affect the perceived magnitudes, amplitudes, periods, and colors of the variable stars. We will show examples of these Double Trouble stars and the impact their close companions have had on our understanding of some of these variable stars.