Affiliation
Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark
Main category
Natural Sciences (Astrophysics and Astrononmy)
Abstract
The SONG Hertzsprung telescope, at the Observatorio del Teide, Izana, Tenerife, is a prototype for the telescopes in the planned SONG (Stellar Observations Network Group) network for asteroseismology and exoplanet studies. It has an aperture of 1 m and is equipped with a high-resolution spectrograph, with an iodine reference, and a two-channel lucky-imaging camera. Operations are fully robotic. The telescope entered operation in the Spring of 2014 and, as one of the first extended observing programmes, has observed the V = 3.42 subgiant μ Herculis (HD 161797) for a total of 200 nights in 2014 and 2015. This has yielded excellent data on the oscillation frequencies, with a clear indication of mixed modes, and other oscillation properties.
I present these observations, demonstrating the excellent quality of the telescope
and instrumentation, and discuss the first inferences from the analysis of the results.
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