Hi BW Scl fans,I'd suggest no B, as far as time series are concerned. B is the least desirable (OK, U is worse) of all the filters, because there will be significant differential extinction: a slow bend as BW Scl reaches high airmass. This will slightly degrade the period search; but more significantly, it will introduce low-frequency periodic signals, probably around 1.0 or 2.0 c/d. V, R, and I are much better in this respect (extinction coefficients low and similar).
Also, some B filters are a little dark. Check.Because I consider time resolution to be very important, I'd advocate a straight V time series. When dwarf novae are bright, the various commonly obtained time series (B,V,R,I) tend to be extremely similar, with no useful information (usually) obtained from the filters. So you lose time resolution, with no real benefit. Very late in the outburst (probably when V>13 for this star), a significant and still-unexplained red excess sometimes appears. That would be great to study for BW Scl. You could do it with VI time series... or possibly with a fairly extensive snapshot coverage.
But probably straight V is best for the next 2-3 weeks. Assuming this is a super, which now seems very likely. When it gets faint, the time-series (rather than snapshot) choice will probably be *unfiltered*. Probably.
Finally, can anyone take *very fast* time series? Many dwarf novae in outburst show periodic signals ("dwarf nova oscillations", or DNOs) around 20 s or thereabouts. This requires excellent time-keeping and a cycle-time not exceeding 7-8 s. Don't knock yourself out to do this, though - remember the Tortoise and the Hare.
BTW since I'm advocating against B, B observations may end up being particularly valuable (because there might be a lot fewer of them). I doubt it, but maybe! I *really* doubt it for time series... but possibly for snapshots.
joe On 10/23/2011 7:32 AM, Arne Henden wrote:
Josch, you should be able to use the B filter on targets like this. The red leak for your B filter is only important for stars with (B-Ic)>5; that is, very red stars; and for objects with huge Halpha emission, such as novae. For all other stars, it is fine. Arne On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Josch Hambsch<hambsch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Should we commence with BVI filters? So far I did V, I as the B has a infrared leakage. But if the star is blue I could also add B filtered images. Regards, Josch http://www.astronomie.be/hambsch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Bohlsen"<terry.bohlsen@xxxxxxxxxxx> To:<vss-members@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;<cba-chat@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 12:14 PM Subject: (cba:chat) BW Scl colour indexDear All I took a short V time series last night before the weather made me stop.Iinterspersed this with a few UBVRI images. The data is uploaded to the AAVSO. The star is very blue with a B-V = -0.20 and U-B= -0.40 Cheers Terry Bohlsen Armidale NSW Australia ____________________________________________________________ Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBA) mailing lists https://cbastro.org/communications/mailing-lists/____________________________________________________________ Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBA) mailing lists https://cbastro.org/communications/mailing-lists/____________________________________________________________ Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBA) mailing lists https://cbastro.org/communications/mailing-lists/