Five New Variable Stars Discovered During a Campaign to Determine the Rotation Period of Asteroids
Volume 50 number 2 (2022)
- Antonio Catapano
- AstroCampania—Osservatorio Astronomico “Salvatore Di Giacomo” (L07), Agerola (Na), Italy
- Luca D’Avino
- AstroCampania—Osservatorio Astronomico “Salvatore Di Giacomo” (L07), Agerola (Na), Italy
- Andrea Di Dato
- AstroCampania—Osservatorio Astronomico “Salvatore Di Giacomo” (L07), Agerola (Na), Italy
- Maurizio Mollica
- AstroCampania—Osservatorio Astronomico “Salvatore Di Giacomo” (L07), Agerola (Na), Italy
- Luigi Morrone
- AstroCampania—Osservatorio Astronomico “Salvatore Di Giacomo” (L07), Agerola (Na), Italy
- Alfonso Noschese
- AstroCampania—Osservatorio Astronomico “Salvatore Di Giacomo” (L07), Agerola (Na), Italy, and Osservatorio Astronomico Elianto (K68), Pontecagnano (Sa), Italy
- Nello Ruocco
- AstroCampania—Osservatorio Astronomico “Salvatore Di Giacomo” (L07), Agerola (Na), Italy, and Osservatorio Astronomico “Nastro Verde” (C82), Sorrento (Na), Italy; nello_ruocco@hotmail.com
- Antonio Vecchione
- AstroCampania—Osservatorio Astronomico “Salvatore Di Giacomo” (L07), Agerola (Na), Italy
Abstract
This paper describes the discovery of five new variable stars, AC_V1– AC_V5—two binary systems and three pulsating stars—between 2017 and 2019. They have been included in the AAVSO Variable Star Index, but are being published now. We encourage all observers to further observe these stars so as to better characterize them. It might be interesting to make subsequent observations for constructing O–C diagrams as well as for modeling the binary systems.