[Aavso-photometry] Possible new variable? (corrected)

[Jeff Hopkins]

Hi Dave,

While you did not list the data and SDs, the error bars seem to be 
about what the variation is and that is for the brighter star. I 
would assume the fainter stars have higher errors. This would put 
your variations within the error bars.

What I suggest is more observations and a period determination. If 
you can do that and predict the variations and the predictions prove 
out then you have found yourself a variable.

Good luck.

Jeff

At 15:13 -0700 12/11/2007, Dave Lane wrote:
>Hi Jeff,
>
>Thanks for the long response. First of all, each measurement on my 
>graphs is based on 5x60s exposures in V and 8x60s exposures in B, so 
>aren't single exposures.
>
>The exciting news is that a list member replied to me privately that 
>he also noticed it varying last week and caught what looks like an 
>EB eclipse!
>
>With that aside, although I realize the variation is small, how does 
>one explain the trend in both B and V while the other stars stay 
>constant.
>
>--- Dave

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