SDSS J0129+3842 and TT Ari

From: Joe Patterson <*jop_at_astro.columbia.edu*> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:13:21 -0500 · jop_at_astro.columbia.edu

This was a discouraging report. Perhaps it was a dwarf-nova outburst, 
but just a "normal" - short and lacking superhumps.  Not worth 
following.  On the other hand, some of these events are precursors to 
supers... so someone should keep an eye (via snapshots) on it.

The Galex TT Ari observations are actually still going on - a lot of 
observations scheduled during the next 2 days (some in daylight, some at 
night.  So TT Ari is still a good target, if you can survive the 
moonlight.  I'll send the schedule later today.

Bob Koff wrote:
> Observed this star last night for about 8 1/2 hours, and it declined  
> steadily from about 15.1 mag down to 16.3 .
> 
> If it keeps up that pace,  it may be getting pretty dim by the time its 
> gets back to Europe, let alone the Western US.
> 
> Bob Koff
> CBA Colorado
> 