June 2020 Astronomy Magazine Article on Exoplanets

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Wed, 05/27/2020 - 15:45

I just wanted to announce the publication of an article I wrote over a year ago for Astronomy magazine that was published in the June 2020 issue entiitled "Discovering Exoplanets From Your Backyard". See attached.

Jerry Hubbell - HGRA

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Practice

Do I approximate-focus with a V filter, then rotate the difuser in? Do you use an IR blocker?

Ray

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Diffuser Focus

Hi Ray,

The nice thing about the diffuser is that because of the way it works any focus position you set based on a filter will produce virtually the same diffused PSF when you rotate the diffuser into place and take an image.

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Hi Jerry,

Hi Jerry,

You mentioned this article and wrote "see attached" but there is no attachment to your post. Can you attach the article?

Thanks!

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Attached Picture

Hi, the first post in this thread has a picture of the first page of the magazine article. I cannot post the actual article due to copyright restrictions.