UCAC4 410-066217 – EW System discovery

A new EW system in Ophiuchus has been discovered. We saw it, at first time, in may. But we finisched the work just last week. The discovery is made with my Brothers-in-star Alessandro Marchini e Riccardo Papini and the collaboration with friends Mauro Bachini and Giacomo Succi. We also used CRTS data to improve period […]

UCAC4 409-132318 – DSCT star discovered

A new DSCT star in Acquarius, the UCAC4 409-132318. A pulsading star extremely fast, was discovered using the telescope of the Astronomical Observatory of the Università di Siena and the strong collaboration with Alessandro Marchini and Riccardo Papini. Magnitude variation from 15.09 to 15.20 CV. Epoch: 2457951.4911 HJD Period: 0.0584147 d Link to VSX: https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=545353 MK-C 12″ […]

CBET 4436 on (23621) 1996 PA

(23621) 1996 PA D. Pray, Sugarloaf Mountain Observatory, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.; J. Oey, Blue Mountains Observatory, Leura, NSW, Australia; P. Pravec, H. Kucakova, and K. Hornoch, Ondrejov Observatory; V. Benishek, Belgrade Astronomical Observatory; and A. Marchini, R. Papini, and F. Salvaggio, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Della Terra e Dell’Ambiente, University of Siena, report that […]