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Degen1103
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Thu, 09/22/2022 - 05:05

Could you please explain, what does variability type VAR mean in AAVSO classification?

For example - NSV 25633.

Peter Bealo
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Thu, 09/22/2022 - 12:26
By clicking the "?" next to…

By clicking the "?" next to variable type we see: 

VSX Variability Types

VAR

Survey type. Variable star of unspecified type. Used for suspected variables lacking deeper studies.

 

So basically unknown yet.

 

Peter

 

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Sebastian__Otero
Thu, 09/22/2022 - 14:21
VAR - A data mining project

Hi Mikhail,

As Peter mentioned, these stars need further study.
Check out our project #4 in the VSX data-mining page:

https://www.aavso.org/vsx-data-mining

Classifying them properly is an important contribution.

Cheers,
Sebastian

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