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2003BaltA..12..253H - Baltic Astronomy, 12, 253-270 (2003/May-0)

Merging data from large and small telescopes - good or bad? and: how useful is the application of statistical weights to time-series photometric measurements?

HANDLER G.

Abstract (from CDS):

I have investigated the value of the contribution of small telescopes to the success of a whole WET run. To this end, I have applied different data weighting schemes to two extreme WET test data sets. I find that weights proportional to the inverse local scatter in the light curves produce Fourier Transforms of best signal-to-noise. Weighting data stronger than their inverse scatter does not yield optimal results because of the reduction of the effective number of data points. The contribution of the small telescopes to the combined WET results was found to be very important. They do not only improve the spectral window, but they can reduce the noise in the total FT by more than their light gathering power would imply. Some suggestions for the optimal use of small telescopes in the WET are given.

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