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| Paper: |
SuperWASP Variable Stars: Classifying Light Curves Using Citizen Science |
| Volume: |
532, ASTRONOMICAL DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS XXX |
| Page: |
303 |
| Authors: |
Thiemann, H. B.; Norton, A. J.; Dickinson, H. |
| Abstract: |
We present the first analysis of the SuperWASP Variable Stars citizen science project. It contains over 1 million classifications, corresponding to over 500,000 light curves. We demonstrate that the SuperWASP Variable Stars project can be used for population studies of individual variable types, as well as identifying candidates for follow up. We present the initial findings on new stellar variables, and various unique and extreme variable objects. The first 500,000 objects consists of 4.5% pulsating stars, 5.3% detached eclipsing binary stars, 6.4% contact eclipsing binary stars, 9.9% rotating stars, 7.3% unknown and 66.6% junk. The project was launched on 05 Sep 2018 and has had engagement from ∼5,500 volunteers to date. We will develop a user interface similar to the ASAS-SN Catalogue of Variable Stars, to enable other researchers to easily access the outputs of this project. |
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