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Aim for the Stars! Citizen Scientists Identify 10,000 New Variable Stars

November 12, 2021

Aim for the Stars! Citizen Scientists Identify 10,000 New Variable Stars

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By examining data from the Ohio State-run All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), volunteer citizen scientists around the world identified 10,000 new variable stars, discoveries that were recently published by ASAS-SN analyst Collin Christy and astronomy doctoral student (and member of CCAPP) Tharindu Jayasinghe.

To read more about how 3,100 citizens aided the never-ending mission to explore the Milky Way, click here.