Re: What's up?

From: Joe Patterson <*jop_at_astro.columbia.edu*> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:04:52 -0400 · jop_at_astro.columbia.edu

Yes, that's right - no Psh at that time, and it would be very good to 
learn one now.  We usually don't do very well with stars with such brief 
observing windows.  If we can patch together with some good European 
coverage, that should do the trick.

joe

Bill Stein wrote:
> Joe - I will see what I can do to observe these objects.  Tonight may be
> iffy.  However, Monday may improve.  
> 
> Also, I think that my data on KX Aql may be sufficient to determine a
> superhump period.  According to J. R. Thorstensen and W. H. Fenton, 2003,
> PASP, 115, 37, the orbital period from radial velocity measurements is
> 0.06035 days.  They claim this object has no well-observed superhumps.
> 
> Bill
> 