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(cba:news) A plea for Maxie (Joe Patterson) [2018-09-16T23:19:59Z]


Hi CBAers,

Maxie = ASASSN-18ey has lost many of his friends from mid-season. Granted, the runs are much shorter now. But you can still get a 3-hour run on the star, it's still 13.5 magnitude (not stressful for anyone), and the waveform seems to be changing from superhump-like to orbital-hump-like (I think). This would give us a chance e to define Porb during this observing season (2-3 more weeks). Next year, the star could be mighty faint.

CBAers are really going after the intermediate polars this season! I've been playing catch-up for several months. Not yet caught up, but it does look like we can back off FO Aqr (relegate to occasional coverage) for the season - and definitely promote V1223 Sgr (also in a somewhat low state). Other IPs deserving more attention now are AO Psc, V1062 Tau, CC Scl, and Paloma (0524+42).

The dwarf novae have overwhelmed me this year. I hope to regain my composure, esp. as regards the ultracompacts (AM CVns) which are so interesting. Oh yeah - that reminds me: two other stars which I place high priority on right now: ES Cet and WZ Sge. Definitely those guys!

joe

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