[vsnet-ecl 301] Delta Velorum primary eclipse observations

["Sebastian Otero" <varsao@fullzero.com.ar>]

Dear all:
             Tonight we suffered from a whitish sky here in Buenos Aires.
Fog and mist made things difficult, but observations of delta Velorum's
primay eclipse were possible and some conclussions can be made:

--Minimum took place half an hour earlier than predicted.
--Minimum is deeper than previously observed, reaching almost V= 2.40.

This doesn't change our period but the epoch for min I that wasn't as
accurate as the epoch for the secondary eclipse (thanks to Galileo).

Observations:

VELdelta    20010131.0069    2.03:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.0486    2.08:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.0646    2.14:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.0736    2.15:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.0771    2.15:  KCF
VELdelta    20010131.0882    2.22:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.1957    2.32:  KCF
VELdelta    20010131.1965    2.34:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.2167    2.38   OSE
VELdelta    20010131.2243    2.39:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.2347    2.39:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.2444    2.40:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.2486    2.38:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.2569    2.35:  OSE
VELdelta    20010131.2916    2.29   OSE
VELdelta    20010131.3000    2.26:  OSE

New elements are:

Min I  (V= 2.39 +-0.03) 2451940.73 + 45.1502 x E
Min II  (V= 2.20 +-0.01)  2451870.062 + 45.1502 x E

I think that all that can be done visually has already been done.
Time for PEP and spectroscopic studies...

Best regards,
Sebastian.


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