{"id":36,"date":"2020-11-20T13:53:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:00:15","slug":"science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--thirds\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M79 sequence<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-59 size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/messier79-396x396.png\" alt=\"M79, a globular cluster. Labeled is an RR-Lyrae type variable &quot;V6&quot; and a reference star &quot;2MASS&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/messier79-396x396.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/messier79-792x792.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/messier79-198x198.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/messier79-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/messier79.png 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">M79, a globular cluster. Labeled is an RR-Lyrae type variable &#8220;V6&#8221; and a reference star &#8220;2MASS&#8221;. <i>(michael allen)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-64 size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/periodogram-m79-396x396.png\" alt=\"A Lomb-Scargle Periodogram analysis of V6 suggests a period of variability of the star\u2019s flux of 0.3348 days.\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/periodogram-m79-396x396.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/periodogram-m79-792x792.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/periodogram-m79-198x198.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/periodogram-m79-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/periodogram-m79-990x990.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/periodogram-m79.png 1095w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Lomb-Scargle Periodogram analysis of V6 suggests a period of variability of the star\u2019s flux of 0.3348 days. <i>(michael allen)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-66 size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/phased-lightcurve-m79-396x396.png\" alt=\"Phasing the flux of V6 to a period of 0.3348 days yields a noisy but typical light curve of the star. From this period, the distance to the cluster can be determined.\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/phased-lightcurve-m79-396x396.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/phased-lightcurve-m79-792x792.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/phased-lightcurve-m79-198x198.png 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/phased-lightcurve-m79-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/phased-lightcurve-m79-990x990.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2623\/2020\/11\/phased-lightcurve-m79.png 1095w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Phasing the flux of V6 to a period of 0.3348 days yields a noisy but typical light curve of the star. From this period, the distance to the cluster can be determined. <i>(michael allen)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1398,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/astro-imaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}