[vsnet-chat 2029] Re: CV Aqr

[aah@nofs.navy.mil]

Kato-san mentioned that CV Aqr, while listed as non-cv in DWS,
is a good candidate for a further study.  I'll include it in
my July observing run.
  However, DWS list 1020 stars that could possibly be called
'cataclysmic'.  I have no idea how many of these stars have
been carefully studied, and how many new CV-like stars have
been discovered since their termination date of 1996.  I observed
about 120 CV fields in the first two sequence papers (in
collaboration with Honeycutt), and there are perhaps another
120 in CV3 and CV4 (in preparation, in collaboration with
Bruce Sumner.  See the current proposed stars for CV3 at
http://ftp.nofs.navy.mil/pub/outgoing/aah/cv3/cv3.obs
with final .dat files and .seq files being those posted
after June 1).  Misselt has another set of sequences, so let's
say that 300 or 400 fields have standards.
  For the 3rd catalog of cataclysmic variables, I'd rather
see a table of 'confirmed' stars, followed by a table of
'suspected' variables.  Towards that end, I'm enjoying the
hunt for some of these elusive candidates, but I certainly
can't look at all 1020+ stars.  This is an example of where
amateur participation certainly helps!
Arne

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