BY Cam activity As already pointed out by Gary Poyner, the polar BY Cam is very active. The apparent short-term variation suggests the orbital variation may be strongly enhanced. Time-resolved observations (photometry, spectroscopy, polarimetry, X-ray observations) may be useful. BY Cam has an orbital period of 0.13979 d. YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer 19991117.021 152 (G. Poyner) 19991120.060 151 (G. Poyner) 19991129.923 151 (G. Poyner) 19991203.974 151 (G. Poyner) 19991205.069 150 (G. Poyner) 19991207.950 151 (G. Poyner) 19991213.960 141 (G. Poyner) 19991217.919 143 (G. Poyner) 19991219.867 142 (G. Poyner) 20000104.008 147 (G. Poyner) 20000104.946 148 (G. Poyner) 20000106.783 140 (G. Poyner) 20000106.844 142 (G. Poyner) 20000106.889 142 (G. Poyner) 20000108.778 149 (G. Poyner) 20000108.808 149 (G. Poyner) 20000109.117 151 (G. Poyner) 20000109.799 141 (G. Poyner) 20000109.828 141 (G. Poyner) 20000109.876 145 (G. Poyner) 20000110.022 148 (G. Poyner) 20000110.117 145 (G. Poyner)