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Michael Richmond and Stacey Davis observed WZ Sge in V-band
from JD *137.60 to *137.73 on Aug 16 UT. Conditions were poor,
with thin clouds gradually becoming thicker and thicker.
As usual, you can find a link to a description of the run at
http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/ritobs/wzsge.html
or, a direct link to the data at
http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/ritobs/aug16_2001/wzsge_aug16ut.dat
This V-band data may be combined with simultaneous observations in
other passbands: B-band data from Tim Hager, and I-band data from
Arto Oksanen. I hope that the short period of overlap may be useful
to those modeling the outburst.
You may recall that I found an eclipsing binary star in the
field several weeks ago. Well, my reductions of this run showed
what appeared to be _two_ new variables, each oscillating by
about +/- 0.1 mag over periods of about 8 minutes. For a short time,
I was very happy. However, each of these candidates is very close to
a corner of the field of view, and I now think that periodic error
in the telescope's worm gear was causing the variations. You can
see the data and read my explanation on the night's WWW page:
http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/ritobs/aug16_2001/aug16_2001.html
The weather in Rochester will be wet for several days and nights,
so I do not anticipate another run soon :-(
Michael Richmond
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