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Alert Notice 473: T Tauri Stars Observing Campaign

SET
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Posted: November 6, 2012 - 6:12pm

Visual Observers,

 

Please read this Alert Notice on the AAVSO web page. This is a great chance for visual observers to contribute to a major study being done by professional astronomers. I just printed my charts and am ready to start observing them. Read the entire Alert Notice. It's exciting. I hope as many will participate as possible.

 

Chris Stephan   SET

Robert Clyde Observatory

Sebring, FL   USA

Be carefull when using the
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Posted: November 7, 2012 - 5:36am

Be carefull when using the VSP for DR Tau. There is a bright star (mag. 10.5) not included on the charts (gsc 1271 1265), close to the position of V1001 Tau. It's not a nova :-) ...and makes it tricky to orientate in the starfield.

Use DSS chart via VSP
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Posted: November 7, 2012 - 5:55am

This problem can be solved plotting DSS based chart via VSP.

Is that 10m star not V1001
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Posted: November 13, 2012 - 12:04pm

Is that 10m star not V1001 Tau itself? Just a suspicion, could be wrong here.

The 10m star is not V1001
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Posted: November 13, 2012 - 12:24pm

Dear Mike,

I doubt the 10m star would be V1001 Tau. Aladin shows a kinda 13.7 mag nebulosity (or very close double star) close to the position of V1001. APASS data show this star seems to be variable (Verr=0.183 mag), while the 10.7 mag star seems to be constant in APASS (Verr=0.005 mag).

Clear skies,

Robert Fidrich (FRF)

AAVSO 49 Bay State Rd. Cambridge, MA 02138 aavso@aavso.org 617-354-0484