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OU Vir superhumps and eclipses Dear Colleagues, We have received two nights' data from Tonny Vanmunster. The superhump maxima on May 6-7 were superimposed on eclipses, making a complex feature. The beat phenomenon is prominent, as expected for this high-inclination system. On May 7-8, the eclipse again became sharp and superhumps moved to outside the eclipses. From the superhump period analysis of all the data up to now, we obtained a preliminary period of 0.0750 d, which is slightly smaller than reported in Vanmunster et al. (2000) IBVS 4955. Combined with the eclipse period, the fractional superhump excess with the new period is 3.1%, which looks like a more acceptable value. The OU Vir observing campaign has been very successful, and please continue observing this top-priority target! Regards, Taichi Kato VSNET Collaboration team
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