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    SDSS1227+51

    From: Joe Patterson <jop_at_astro.columbia.edu>
    Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:04:56 -0400
    Dear CBAers,
    
    Only a few nights have been obtained so far on this eclipsing 
    superhumper.  It's admittedly poorly placed in the spring sky, but by 
    splicing European and North American data we should be able to extract 
    the main observational fact - namely the superhump period - with high 
    precision.  Next year we can do a much more thorough campaign near 
    minimum light, and derive the binary parameters.  I think this guy 
    deserves the highest priority in the evening sky, even if the runs are 
    pretty short.
    
    joe
    
    Received on 9 Jun 2007