
Fig. 4 --- Top Panel - A representative high signal-to-noise
light curve of a non-variable star taken from our KPNO 0.9-m observing
run. The five figure sections represent the five nights of the observing run.
The star is observed for 4.5 hours on each night. The standard
deviation measured for this star is 0.0020 magnitudes and this
agrees with the mean precision of the data points in the light
curve, showing that we meet the theoretical limit for precision given
the finite number of photons collected from this star.
Middle Panel - A light curve of a high-amplitude variable taken
from the same dataset. This star is probably a short-period eclipsing
binary.
Bottom Panel - A light curve for a low-amplitude variable star of
unknown type.