[Aavso-photometry] IL Aqr: Campaign Update 041022

[Shawn Dvorak (RHO)]

It's clear here in Central Florida, but who decided to put the darn moon 
right next to IL Aqr???  It's rather windy so I have to use the short dew 
shield, which isn't helping much at all.

I started the my run at 0:00 UT (it's 01:10 now).  Unreduced data shows a 
smooth 0.06 mag drop so far, *but* I don't think it's real.  I'm using the 
11.9 mag as a comp, and it shows a similar increase - probably this is just 
airmass effect.

Shawn


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Price" <aprice at gmail.com>
To: <aavso-photometry at aavso.org>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 4:35 PM
Subject: [Aavso-photometry] IL Aqr: Campaign Update 041022


> More data coming in now, much of it quite nice. Keep it coming!
>
> There is a hint of a possible transit of V=0.03 mag amplitude in
> observations by Tom Richards (RIX) from 2453301 - 2453301.1. However,
> he did not get the entire light curve. The ingress, if real, was
> blocked by a meridian flip gap and the egress beyond his observing
> time. I am always wary of data immediately surrounding meridian flips.
> We've had lots of false alarms (in other campaigns) at the AAVSO
> caused by wild systemic effects coming from the flip. But this still
> looks good enough to warrant further investigation. Tom has checked
> and rechecked his photometry as well and the comp stars are internally
> consistent.
>  If anyone has data from 2453301 - 2453301.25 (12:00 October 22 -
> 18:00 October 22) please check it and send us a quick report, even if
> preliminary.
>  A light curve of the possible transit is here:
>                               http://www.aavso.org/news/ilaqr.shtml
>
> Keep observing! We need coverage until 15:27 UT October 23.
>
>
> -- 
> Aaron
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