Re: (cba:chat) (cba:news) recent news...

Thanks so much, Joe, for thinking of me as worthy of beginning to help with the stewardship of CBA going forward! I’m greatly honored and more than a little intimidated, but mostly very excited to be a part of such an extraordinary collaboration of dedicated astronomers. I look forward to dedicating my time and energy to continue CBA's decades-long legacy of extraordinary success. One of the best things about CBA is the community that you all have built over the years, and I know we can continue to strengthen those ties and continue the CBA scientific productivity.

With Joe and Jonathan’s help, I’m working on preparing a proposal to the US National Science Foundation for financial support for the CBA project. If any of you have thoughts on future directions or items that would help you specifically or CBA observers in general, and would like talk via email/texts/WhatsApp/Zoom, please reach out - I would love to get to know you.

While this is a change, the mission and overall operation of the CBA isn’t going to change dramatically anytime soon - why mess with success? Joe has promised that he’s going to remain active (i.e., the “brains”) in the collaboration, but needs someone to help with they day-to-day communications and operations.

My email is Matt.Wood@xxxxxxxxx, and my cell/mobile number is +1 XXX.XXX.XXXX.

My university web pages are

Here: https://www.tamuc.edu/people/matt-wood/

And here: http://faculty.tamuc.edu/mwood/

(Both need updating, of course).

That’s all I can think of at this time. Again I look forward to getting to know you all and working with you going forward.

Cheers,

Matt

Matt A. Wood, Ph.D.

Regents Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX 75429

O: 903.886.5486 M: XXX.XXX.XXXX

On Oct 9, 2024, at 9:39 AM, Joe Patterson <jop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Hi CBAers,

I've persuaded Matt Wood (Texas A&M - Commerce) to join me with the
duties of "heading" (with Jonathan's help, and maybe Enrique's) the CBA.
Matt is very experienced with CVs, mostly from the theory side but
plenty familiar with observation as well. I think he's been observing
DQ Her for quite a few years. So your data will go to the three of us,
at least - as well as in the archive which anyone can access (and AAVSO
for that matter).

I'm still banging the drums for V1674 Her, despite faintness (18) and a
poor sky position. The pulse period continues to shorten, though at a
lower rate... and a good value for it now will make it easier to bridge
the gap until February, when Hercules comes back. Same goes for DQ Her,
though it has no significant off-season uncertainty like V1674 Her.

IM Nor and T Pyx are excellent choices now, to try to track their
meteoric-at-last-sight period changes.

That leaves late-night northern objects - of that, later.

joe
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