August 26, 2020
AAVSO Forum threads (scroll to the bottom of a thread for latest posts):
- Campaigns and Observation Reports: https://www.aavso.org/aquila-x-1-v1333-aql-2020-august-outburst-01
- Time Sensitive Alerts: https//www.aavso.org/aquila-x-1-v1333-aql-2020-august-outburst
February 20, 2019: Drs. Sara Motta and Jari Kajava (University of Oxford) have requested AAVSO observers' assistance in monitoring the binary X-ray source V818 Sco (Sco X-1) in support of a large multiwavelength observing campaign being carried out from now through 2019 February 24.
April 28, 2017: Dr. Gregory Sivakoff (University of Alberta) has requested AAVSO observers' assistance in monitoring Swift J1357.2-0933 (CRTS J135716.8-093238) during its current outburst.
August 18, 2016: Dr. Thomas Marsh (University of Warwick) and colleagues have requested AAVSO coverage of the intriguing binary AR Sco in support of upcoming Newton-XMM observations.
The XMM observations of AR Sco have been scheduled for:
2016 September 10 15:41 - September 11 02:26 UT
NOTE: Table of MAGIC observations revised 14 and 15 May 2012 per Dr. Christopher Mauche.
September 10, 2011: Dr. Gregory Sivakoff (U. of Alberta) requests observations of the X-ray binary star MAXI J1836-194 as part of the JACPOT collaboration studying stellar radio jets from compact binaries. There is no predetermined duration for this campaign, but observations are requested now to coincide with ongoing X-ray and radio observations.
