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This chapter is about the considerations and pitfalls when analyzing a lightcurve to find the one or more periods it represents along with the amplitude associated with each period. I will again use MPO Canopus to demonstrate the basics. There are, of course, other period analysis and lightcurve plotting programs available.
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Warner, B.D. (2016). Period Analysis. In: A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry and Analysis. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32750-1_15
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