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(cba:news) December targets, volume 1 (Joe Patterson) [2009-12-17T23:08:41Z]


Dear CBAers,

Having just escaped my last exam, and having a sabbatical year ahead, I'm anxious to get back to CV studies on a more full-time! More extensive comments late tonight (I still have to grade the 60 exams).
A coupla things:

1. TT Ari. Lots to say there. The short version: we only need to keep hitting to document the general history, not detailed period-finding which ia already done so well!

2. XSS0056+45. Definitely. Still some life left in its observing season... and LONG runs are definitely wanted, because the period structure is quite, quite intricate.

3. KR Aur. Can anyone do this? It's 19th magnitude, but it would be lovely to know if it has a strong orbital signal. The example of TT Ari suggests that it might. Anyway, this could be good for the real swashbucklers among you.

4. FS Aur. I have a paper ready to go on this star... BUT I'd love to get a few more weeks on it (i.e. a 2009 point) for the long-term tracking of the 3.5 hour signal.

5. Many DQ Her stars suitable for coverage. BG CMi is done for a few months or more, but Aur (RX0636+35) and Gem (RX0704+26) are tempting - as are PQ Gem and Swift 0732-13. Three-hour runs generally get the job done on these guys.

MOre tonight!

joe