AN EPOXY-COATED FLUX COLLECTOR FOR STELLAR SEISMOLOGY

A programme directed towards the discovery in solar-like stars of smal l-amplitude, pressure-driven oscillations analogous to those observed of the Sun, and to search for planetary companions, has been pursued f or several years, principally at the SAAO 1.9-m telescope. Here we des cribe a 0.9-m, spun epoxy flux collector of approximately 1-arcmin qua lity, a prototype towards larger, inexpensive flux collectors dedicate d to a stellar seismology programme. This prototype has been used to g ather preliminary stellar data.