Cool Stars 14 - Submitted Abstract # 126
This version created on 05 October 2006

The GNAT V Band Variability Survey of the Pleiades


William Sherry, NSO
Mark Giampapa, NSO
Eric Craine, GNAT
Roy Tucker, Steward Observatory

We report initial results from a V band variabiltiy survey of the
Pleiades cluster.  Our ongoing survey uses an 8 inch telescope from
the Global Network of Astronomical Telescopes (GNAT) operated in drift
scan mode.  We observed solar analogs in the Pleiades once per night,
weather permitting, from early December 2005 until early Febuary 2006.
We present light curves and discuss rotational modulation of young
solar analogs (~100  Myrs).  This project has been supported by the
Laplace Astrobiology node as part of NASA's astrobiology program.

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