Research with Ritchey–Chrétien 400 mm telescope

[Xsnac]

Hello! I'm a first year undergrad student and I have the oportunity to do research durring summer with an Ritchey–Chrétien 400 mm telescope. Can you guys recommand me something to research? I don't even know where to start with my search for interesting topics that are not too hard and that will probably make up a good article for research. I have 3-4 months to decide. Thanks!

 

[davenn]

well a good one would be variable star observing and plotting light curves

check out AAVSO | American Association of Variable Star Observers
and see if that interests you :)

cheers
Dave

 

[Drakkith]

To bounce off of Davenn's suggestion, you could do some exoplanet light curves. I've done one myself using my own 200 mm RC.

 

[wabbit]

How about spectroscopy? See for instance http://www.stargazing.net/david/spectroscopy/links.html. Plenty of things you can study, from comets to galaxies.
An RC400 can do lots of different things, have fun!