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Activity 8 Resolution: Rainbow - Zoom Box - Slice - Plot
    Images of the southern component of Epsilon Lyrae

   

Change the color palette to rain (rainbow).   Use Zoom Box (under Data Tools) to box out the stars in the southern part of the double.  Add a zero in the Max box of the toolbar and press redraw to see the stars better.  Then slice and setup the plot to analyze FWHM. 

Each plot on a separate page:

Epsilon Lyrae - 2 inch aperture - 13.50 seconds - South stars zoom-slice-plot

Epsilon Lyrae - 4 inch aperture - 3.38 seconds - South stars zoom-slice-plot

Epsilon Lyrae - 8 inch aperture - 0.84 seconds - South stars zoom-slice-plot

Epsilon Lyrae - 24 inch aperture - 0.10 seconds - South stars zoom-slice-plot