Detection of Hα Stellar Emission

Location

CSU

Student's Major

Physics and Astronomy

Student's College

Science, Engineering and Technology

Mentor's Name

Steve Kipp

Mentor's Department

Physics and Astronomy

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

Stars consist of enormous masses of hydrogen and helium that generate energy through nuclear fusion. Stars vary in mass from 0-type, 100 times as massive as the sun, to M dwarfs, only a fraction of the sun's mass. Newly formed M-dwarf stars tend to emit intense radiation at 6563A, called Hα emission. We propose to search for young M-dwarf stars by taking advantage of the strong Ha emission. Our immediate goal is to determine how faint a star can be observed with the CCD system at Andreas Observatory using two filters, one centered at Hα and one decentered by lOOA. Calculations of the limiting magnitude of our system will be compared with observatories.

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Detection of Hα Stellar Emission

CSU

Stars consist of enormous masses of hydrogen and helium that generate energy through nuclear fusion. Stars vary in mass from 0-type, 100 times as massive as the sun, to M dwarfs, only a fraction of the sun's mass. Newly formed M-dwarf stars tend to emit intense radiation at 6563A, called Hα emission. We propose to search for young M-dwarf stars by taking advantage of the strong Ha emission. Our immediate goal is to determine how faint a star can be observed with the CCD system at Andreas Observatory using two filters, one centered at Hα and one decentered by lOOA. Calculations of the limiting magnitude of our system will be compared with observatories.