Thanks Thomas, Good work! Jeff Hopkins Phoenix Observatory Counting Photons Phoenix, Arizona USA www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html International Epsilon Aurigae...
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Thomas Karlsson
thomasngab
Jul 27, 2010 6:09 pm
After 10 days with clouds I got a new result last night 2010-07-26 22:58UT V=3.668. It was good conditions and almost dark sky. Epsilons altitude have now...
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Jose Ribeiro
zerib57
Jul 26, 2010 9:32 pm
Thank you Jeff and Robin. Robin, I'll send you the FITS in the next days. At the OHP, if I supervise a team, I'll make them to capture eps Aur ;-) Cheers, Jose...
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Robert Stencel
coloida@...
Jul 26, 2010 5:10 pm
Concur - but duration of this symmetric appearance could be several days... good work Robin! To: EpsilonAurigae@yahoogroups.com CC:...
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Robin Leadbeater
niborl2000
Jul 26, 2010 5:09 pm
Hi Jose, Excellent! Send me the fits as usual and I will add it to the database. It fits in nicely with my recent Ha spectra so we now have good continuous...
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Robert Stencel
coloida@...
Jul 26, 2010 5:07 pm
epsilon continues to visually appear slightly brighter than zeta, during transit hours. With increasing sun angle and better than average seeing, we were able...
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Jeff Hopkins
phxjeffx@...
Jul 26, 2010 3:00 pm
Thanks Jose, Very Nice. Robin should add your data to the spectrometry database. Good job. Jeff Hopkins Phoenix Observatory Counting Photons Phoenix, Arizona ...
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Jose Ribeiro
zerib57
Jul 26, 2010 11:38 am
Last 24th I managed a spectrum of eps Aur in H-alpha. Cheers, Jose...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 22, 2010 6:31 pm
Hi Robin, Thanks for the spectra. Very interesting. Please plan on including all your recent spectra in the next Newsletter. Now if I can just get some UBV...
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Robin Leadbeater
niborl2000
Jul 22, 2010 6:09 pm
My 99th measurement of the 7699A Potassium line last night suggests we may have arrived at the eclipse mid point (as defined by the centre of rotation of the...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 22, 2010 5:45 pm
Thanks Bob, Raining in Phoenix today. Jeff Hopkins Phoenix Observatory Counting Photons Phoenix, Arizona USA www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html International...
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Robert Stencel
coloida@...
Jul 22, 2010 3:33 pm
Visually, from Mt.Evans, epsilon appears 'distinctly brighter' than zeta this morning, despite widespread stratus cloud interference. Hard to quantify under...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 22, 2010 1:19 pm
Thanks Charlie. Jeff Hopkins Phoenix Observatory Counting Photons Phoenix, Arizona USA www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html International Epsilon Aurigae Campaign ...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 22, 2010 1:18 pm
Hopkins Phoenix Observatory Counting Photons Phoenix, Arizona USA www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html International Epsilon Aurigae Campaign ...
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c_hofferber
Jul 22, 2010 8:24 am
Observations here agree nicely with Hans. There may be a brightning burst. Jul 15 2010 RJD5392.8834 V3.705 SD.011 #4 X2.38 Jul 19 2010 RJD5396.8769 V3.658...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 21, 2010 5:31 am
Hi Frank, Great! I look forward to your data. H-G has reported some significant photometric brightening and Bob Stencel has confirmed that visually epsilon...
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FrankJ12@...
Jul 21, 2010 3:45 am
In a message dated 7/20/2010 5:30:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, phxjeff@... writes: Thanks for your report. I hope someone can provide photometric...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 20, 2010 9:31 pm
Hi h-g, Thanks, I look forward to your report withthe RJDs. Jeff Hopkins Phoenix Observatory Counting Photons Phoenix, Arizona USA ...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 20, 2010 9:30 pm
Hi Bob, Thanks for your report. I hope someone can provide photometric data to support your observation. I am fighting morning clouds now. This is the middle...
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Lindberg
hglindberg
Jul 20, 2010 6:31 pm
My latest epsilon observation: AUREPS 20100714.9688 3.708 AUREPS 20100718.9958 3.674 Jeff i send you the obs with JD later. h-g...
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Robert Stencel
coloida@...
Jul 20, 2010 4:56 pm
intermittent clouds at Mt.Evans today (20 July 2010 1030am local time = 1630GMT) prevented any meaningful J&H band measurements but both observers concur that...
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Robert Stencel
coloida@...
Jul 17, 2010 4:12 am
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100703.html caption: A mere 50 light-years away, young star Beta Pictoris became one of the most important stars in the sky ...
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Robert Stencel
coloida@...
Jul 17, 2010 3:43 am
Thanks for the update Robin. Nominal mid-eclipse is just days away. You might find a new paper about H-alpha in Deneb measured interferometrically to be of...
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Robin Leadbeater
niborl2000
Jul 17, 2010 12:33 am
I should have pointed out that as usual the K I line profile is plotted with the out of eclipse component removed. Robin ... From: Robin Leadbeater To:...
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Robin Leadbeater
niborl2000
Jul 17, 2010 12:21 am
I can now pick up eps aur in the evening and morning either side of the apple tree which means I was able to record H alpha and K I 7699 on the same night. In...
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Robin Leadbeater
niborl2000
Jul 16, 2010 8:26 pm
The line has continued to widen on the blue edge since the last measurement 19 June but perhaps surprisingly it has also started to widen again on the the red...
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Robert Stencel
coloida@...
Jul 13, 2010 10:04 pm
News from Mt.Evans Observatory, Colorado: the sun angle is finally widening enough to enable actual detection of eps Aur in J and H bands. We still have major...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 13, 2010 8:37 pm
Hi Frank, This has been a very difficult time to get photometry on the star system and I fully appreciate all efforts. The data may look scattered, but it is...
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FrankJ12@...
Jul 13, 2010 8:30 pm
Thanks Jeff. Most likely, I will resume my photometry work on Eps Aur in mid-August and on. I can't wait to see what kind of readings I will get! I see others...
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Jeff
hposoft
Jul 13, 2010 8:01 pm
Data during the past month has been scarce, but should be picking up Attached is the latest up-to-date V band plot. The other bands have had no new data since...
