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Dear Dr. Retter, # moved from vsnet-alert to vsnet-chat > The eclipses in V1494 Aql and its orbital period have been found and > reported long time ago (Novak et el., 2000, IAUC 7448; Retter et al., > 2000, IAUC 7537; Bos et al. 2001, IAUC, 7665; see also Barsukova & > Goranskii, 2003, AstL, 29, 195). Unfortunately, we still haven't > written the paper. Oh, I understand, I just looked through them. I must have overlooked the earlier two reports because of the lack of the definite expression of "eclipses", and the last one from some unknown reason -- but most likely from the subsequent occurrence of the 2001 outburst of WZ Sge! The appearance of eclipses in 2001 as with the present profile is not particularly surprizing, but is still an interesting subject. Alternatively, the historical lack of clear signature of eclipses in V1668 Cyg during outburst is more surprizing considering the similarity with V1494 Aql; this was probably because of the history that the importance of eclipse detection during a nova outburst was first clearly recognized in 1991 (V838 Her), which both of us are familar with! Regards, Taichi Kato
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