Setting up your LCO account
The following video takes you through the process of creating a user account on the LCO observing portal.
Submitting Observations
The following video takes you through the process of submitting observations for HOYS on the LCO observing portal.
Creating Colour Images
The following video takes you through the process of creating colour composite images from the LCO data.
Creating Colour Images using DS9
The following video takes you through the process of creating colour composite images from the LCO data using DS9.
Downloading your Images
The following video takes you through the process of downloading your images from the LCO data archive to your computer.
Stacking Images
The following video takes you through the process of stacking the LCO images.
Processing Images
The following video takes you through the process of uploading and processing your images into the HOYS database.
Analysing Light Curves
The following video takes you through the process of analysing light curves from the HOYS database.
Interesting lightcurves
Here are some of the interesting stars mentioned in the video – plus others that you can look at. We encourage you to find your own interesting objects using SIMBAD in the way described in the video to see what you can find in the data. We would also love you to write short articles or posts about your findings so that we can share them with the HOYS community.
- V350Cep
- GMCep
- LkHA234
- V1490Cyg
- V2492Cyg
- T Ori
- 2MASS J21383981+5708470
In IC5146:
- 2MASS J21524657+4712498
- EM* LkHA 245
- LEE 341
Measuring Periods in Ligthtcurves
The following video takes you through the process of measuring periods in light curves from the HOYS database.
Identifying Young Stars in Clusters
The following video takes you through the process of identifying young star cluster members in the HOYS target fields using Gaia data.
Studying Colour Changes in Young Stars
The following video takes you through the process of investigating colour changes in Young Stars.