Find the Cepheids!
Now you're ready to do your own Cepheid hunt. Follow the procedure
you learned in the previous section ("A demonstration of the Cepheid
hunt"). You are to find at least 8 Cepheids, including the Cepheid in
the demonstration example. There are 26 known Cepheids in all of WF4.
Fill in all the information on your lab sheet as you go along.
Click on either of the images below to begin your hunt. Only grid
sections with numbers are currently available. Have fun!
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