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Green Island Observatory Private backyard observatory in Cyprus for astronomical research. V., et al. doi: 10.32023/0001-5237/71.1.2

Baluev, R. P., Brimkov, V. E., Öğmen, Y. pp. 70-76. L. X.

ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES

UCAC4 632-079073, W Uma type Eclipsing Binary System, September 2009

UCAC4 751-072304, low-amplitude multiperiodic delta Scuti star, October 2016

UCAC4 706-105993, low-amplitude multiperiodic delta Scuti star, October 2018

UCAC4 683-095248, multiperiodic delta Scuti star, July 2020

UCAC4 620-075220, delta Scuti star, July 2020

UCAC 622-068672 delta Scuti star, October 2020



PUBLICATIONS

Baluev, R. (2021) Massive Search for Spot- and Facula-Crossing Events in 1598 Exoplanetary Transit Light Curves, Acta Astronomica, Volume 71, No:1, pp. 25-53. (2019) Homogeneously derived transit timings for 17 exoplanets and reassessed TTV trends for WASP-12 and WASP-4, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 490, Issue 1, November 2019, Pages 1294–1312

Barneva, R. (2000) An interface for self-evaluation for distance learning courses, In: Proc. 25th International Conference "Information and Communication Technologies and Programming", Sofia, Bulgaria. Boyd, D., et al. (2014) The asynchronous polar V1432 Aquilae and its path back to synchronism. The Society for Astronomical Sciences 33rd Annual Symposium on Telescope Science, Published by Society for Astronomical Sciences. pp.163-176

Covington, A. E., et al. (2022). Investigating the Low-flux States in Six Intermediate Polars. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 928, Number 2

De Miguel, E. et al. (2015) Accretion-disc precession in UX Ursae Majoris. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 457(2)

Froebrich, D. (2023) A survey for variable young stars with small telescopes: VI – Analysis of the outbursting Be stars NSW 284, gaia 19eyy, and VES 263. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 520, Issue 4, April 2023, Pages 5413–5432

Froebrich, D. (2024) A survey for variable young stars with small telescopes - VIII. Properties of 1687 Gaia selected members in 21 nearby clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 529, Issue 2, pp.1283-1298

Galan, C., et al. (2012) International observational campaigns of the last two eclipses in EE Cep: 2003 and 2008/9. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 544, id.A53, 16 pp. Galan, C., et al. (2010) Multi-ring structure of the eclipsing disk in EE Cep - possible planets? ASP Conference Series, Volume 435

Gary, B. (2016) WD 1145+017 photometric observations during eight months of high activity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 465(3)

Hoňkova, K. (2015) B.R.N.O. Contributions #39 Times of minima. Open European Journal on Variable Stars. ISSN 1801-5964

Kato, T., et al. (2020) Survey of Period Variations of Superhumps in SU UMa-Type Dwarf Novae. The tenth year (2017) Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Volume 72, Issue 1

Kato, T., et al. (2012) Survey of Period Variations of Superhumps in SU UMa-Type Dwarf Novae. III. The Third Year (2010–2011) Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Volume 64, Issue 1

Kato, T., et al. (2009) Survey of Period Variations of Superhumps in SU UMa-Type Dwarf Novae. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.61, No.SP2, pp.395-616

Keito, N., et al. (2021). Optical Variability Correlated with X-ray Spectral Transition in the Black-Hole Transient ASASSN-18ey = MAXI J1820+070. Variable Star Bulletin. ISSN 0917-2211. No.74

Kokori, A., et al. (2023). ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 265:4 (20pp)

Lloyd, C., Öğmen, Y. (2009) Improved Parameters of the RR Lyrae Variable USNO-A2.0 1200-07442272. ISSN 1801-5964

Lloyd, C., et al. (2017) GSC 04263-02166 is a low-amplitude Multi-periodic Delta Scuti Variable. ISSN 1801-5964

Lloyd, C., et al. (2021) GSC 03588-09315 is a Low-Amplitude Delta Scuti Variable Open European Journal on Variable Stars. DOI: 10.5817/OEJV2021-0217. ISSN 1801-5964

Öğmen, Y. (2005) Green Island Observatory. Science and Engineering Journal of İstanbul Kültür University, Volume 3, Number 3, pp 1-10, ISSN 1303-2739

Patterson, J. et. al. (2018). Orbital Period Changes in WZ Sagittae. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 130, Issue 988, pp. 064202

Pyrzas, S., et al. (2012) HS 2325+8205 An Ideal Laboratory for Accretion Disk Physics. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 124:204–211

Reddy, V. (2015) The Physical Characterization of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2004 BL86: A Fragment of a Differentiated Asteroid. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 811, Number 1

Richards, T., et al. (2013) CU Hydrae – a neglected bright eclipsing binary star. Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.123 No.3 Page.160

Shears, J., et al. (2009) SDSS J162718.39+120435.0 - a dwarf nova in the period gap. Vol.119 No.3 Page.144

Sokov, Eugene N. Transit timing analysis of the exoplanet TrES-5 b. Possible existence of the exoplanet TrES-5 c. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, sty1615

Streamer, M. (2015) Revised Light Elements of 78 Southern Eclipsing Binary Systems. JAAVSO Volume 43, no. 1, p. 67

Streamer, M., Bohlsen, T., Öğmen, Y. (2016) Analysis of Pulsating Components in the Eclipsing Binary Systems LT Herculis, RZ Microscopii, LY Puppis, V632 Scorpii, and V638 Scorpii. JAAVSO Volume 44. Toledo-Padrón, B. (2019) Stellar activity analysis of Barnard's Star: very slow rotation and evidence for long-term activity cycle. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488(4)




SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

Öğmen, Y. (2024) Evrenden Hikayeler. The 3rd Astronomy Workshop by New Horizon Initiative & Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta

Öğmen, Y. (2023) Uzay: Son Sınır. The 2nd Astronomy Workshop by New Horizon Initiative & Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta

Öğmen, Y. (2022) Uzay ve Zaman. The 1st Astronomy Workshop by New Horizon Initiative & Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta

Öğmen, Y. (2019) Dwarf Novae: A class of Cataclysmic Variables. The 2nd Physics Days. Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta

Öğmen, Y., Lloyd, C. (2010) Discovery of the Eclipsing Binary VSX J194712.7+361748. European Variable Star Meeting. The Netherlands

Öğmen, Y. (2008) Değişken Yıldızlar, Yıldızlar Altında Gökbilim Kampı. TUBİTAK Project. Uludağ, Turkey

Öğmen, Y. (2008) Amatör Astronomi, Yıldızlar Altında Gökbilim Kampı. (2008) Fotoğraflarla Evren, Yıldızlar Altında Gökbilim Kampı. (2007) Yeni başlayanlar için Görsel Değişken Yıldız Gözlemciliği. 2. Uluslararası Katılımlı Amatör Astronomi Sempozyumu, İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey

Öğmen, Y. (2005) Green Island Observatory. 1. Uluslararası Katılımlı Amatör Astronomi Sempozyumu, İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey



CONFERENCES, CONGRESS, SYMPOSIUMS, WORKSHOPS AND STUDY TRIPS ATTENDED

21. Ulusal Astronomi Kongresi, Erciyes Üniversitesi, Kayseri, Turkey, September 2018

8th International Workshop on Occultation and Eclipse. Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Turkey, March 2018

3-day Study Trip of UCLan Astronomy Students at Teide Observatory. Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 2016

Okul Gözlemevleri Sempozyumu. TC MEB, TUBİTAK-TUG, İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi, Akdeniz Üniversitesi. Antalya, Turkey, 2015

European Astrofest 2014. London, UK

Küçük Teleskoplarla Bilim Çalıştayı: Fırsat Gözlemciliği. TUBİTAK-TUG, İstanbul Üniversitesi. İstanbul, Turkey, 2013
AAVSO CCD School. Tufts University. Medford, US, 2012

3. Uluslararası Katılımlı Amatör Astronomi Sempozyumu. Istanbul Kültür University. Turkey, 2009



CERTIFICATES

Exoplanet Observing, AAVSO Choice Courses, 1 May 2020

Analyzing the Universe, Coursera Online Courses, Rutgers University, 30 March 2020

How to use VStar, AAVSO Choice Courses, 6 July 2018

Variable Star Classification and Light Curves, AAVSO Choice Courses, 30 March 2018

AAVSO Certificate for contribution of over 100,000 CCD variable star observations. September 2018

AAVSO Certificate for contribution of over 50,000 CCD variable star observations. June 2015

AAVSO Certificate for contribution of over 10,000 CCD variable star observations. October 2009

Asteroid Club Certificate. The Astronomical League, A Federation of Astronomical Societies and Individuals, USA, May 2006. Certificate no: 27

Meteor Club Certificate. The Astronomical League, A Federation of Astronomical Societies and Individuals, USA, September 2005. Certificate no: 119

Messier Club Certificate. The Astronomical League, A Federation of Astronomical Societies and Individuals, USA, July 2005. Certificate no: 2224

Double Star Club Certificate. The Astronomical League, A Federation of Astronomical Societies and Individuals, USA, July 2004. Certificate no: 263

Lunar Club Certificate. The Astronomical League, A Federation of Astronomical Societies and Individuals, USA, September 2002. Certificate no: 325

Designed by ChatGPT—I’m impressed!
15/07/2026

Designed by ChatGPT—I’m impressed!

This phase-folded light curve of V361 Lyr was obtained (by using AAVSO VStar) over two observing nights at Green Island ...
03/07/2026

This phase-folded light curve of V361 Lyr was obtained (by using AAVSO VStar) over two observing nights at Green Island Observatory (B34) using our 14-inch Meade LX200R telescope and Moravian C3-26000 Pro CMOS camera. The unequal depths of the eclipses, the noticeably different heights of the two maxima, and the asymmetric shape of the light curve reveal the complex geometry of this remarkable interacting binary, where tidal distortion, active mass transfer, and a bright accretion region continuously reshape the observed brightness throughout the orbit. In other words, this is not merely a record of changing starlight—it is a direct observation of mass transfer in action. This is the beauty of photometry: by measuring nothing more than the brightness of a distant star, we can reconstruct the orbital dance, physical geometry, and ongoing evolution of a stellar system that no telescope can resolve into individual stars.

According to Hilditch et al. (1995), V361 Lyr is a short-period (P = 0.309614 d) mass-exchanging binary system. The prim...
29/06/2026

According to Hilditch et al. (1995), V361 Lyr is a short-period (P = 0.309614 d) mass-exchanging binary system. The primary component (T = 6200 K) fills its Roche lobe, whereas the secondary (T = 4500 K) is detached and fills approximately 57% of the available Roche volume. The system is located at a distance of 520 ± 40 pc. A more recent study by Devor et al. (2008) categorised V361 Lyr as an "abnormal" system. The system is an excellent candidate for further photometric observations. The attached lightcurve obtained from last night, covers almost half of the orbit.

References:

Hilditch et al. (1995): https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/1997MNRAS.291..749H/doi:10.1093/mnras/291.4.749

Devor et al. (2008): https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2008AJ....135..850D/doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/3/850

Just opened the new observing season with my annual project: Imaging the fourth nearest known star, Barnard's Star once ...
05/06/2026

Just opened the new observing season with my annual project: Imaging the fourth nearest known star, Barnard's Star once a year. Last night, I obtained the 10th data point in 9 years. It is a very low-mass red dwarf star about 6 light-years away from us. Due to its proximity, it has the largest proper motion (10.3 arcseconds/year) relative to the Sun. In 2017, I decided to start a small project to track its motion. Therefore, I have imaged the field once a year in the summer months since 2017. The attached image is the stack of Barnard's Star images from 2017 to 2026. The image shows Barnard's Star's movement against the background stars

Telescope: Meade 14" LX200R
Camera: Moravian C3-26000 PRO
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