Proposal #20

Proposer	(4884) Ken Mogul (kenmogul23@gmail.com) obscode: MQE
Assigned To	(3663) Dirk Terrell
Date Submitted	Sept. 17, 2013
Status	Accepted
Priority	Normal
Proposal	It has occurred to me, after studying LPV section site https://sites.google.com/site/aavsolpvsection/aavso-lpv-program/lpv-double-trouble-list, and having reviewed Dr. Matt Templeton's ideas on the subject, https://sites.google.com/site/aavsolpvsection/aavso-lpv-program/lpv-double-trouble-list that Miras with close companions would be a project worthy of AAVSOnet investigation. The list of targets I am proposing (below) are Miras that are not well characterized and have ugly or incorrect AAVSO light curves caused by the fact they have close companions within a few arc minutes of the primary. The goal of this observing project is to create well characterized, multi-year, AAVSO light curves covering the entire range of the variable from maximum to minimum over several cycles. Observations in B, V and I, at least once per week are requested. Exposure times and the number of exposures to be stacked for maximum SNR will need to be adjusted periodically based on the current magnitude of each star.The form below wouldn't allow me to put the filter next to the maximum magnitude. All filters for these magnitudes are V, except for the following UU Lyr p FG Sge B VV Gem p The following targets' maximum magnitude have a less than sign next to them ST Aur VV Gem UU Lyr LX Cyg Thank you in advance for your consideration. Ken Mogul (MQE)

Targets
Target	RA (H.HH)	Dec (D.DD)	Magnitude	Telescope	Observation Frequency	Expiration Date	Proprietary Term
SV And	0.072242	40.10994	7.7–14.0	—	—	—	No
S Ori	5.483583	-4.69244	7.2–14.0	—	—	—	No
Z Tau	5.873572	15.79550	9.8–18.0	—	—	—	No
ST Aur	6.249736	46.79653	11.5–15.0	—	—	—	No
VV Gem	6.432222	25.54008	12.0–16.2	—	—	—	No
S Lyn	6.742808	57.91108	8.5–14.8	—	—	—	No
SY CMa	7.175856	7.17586	8.7–14.1	—	—	—	No
WX CMi	7.199292	7.49981	11.0–19.0	—	—	—	No
TT Mon	7.427953	-5.85036	7.2–14.4	—	—	—	No
T CMi	7.566797	11.73533	9.5–15.1	—	—	—	No
RR Vir	14.081508	-9.19478	10.7–17.5	—	—	—	No
X Dra	18.114508	66.15533	8.9–15.8	—	—	—	No
Z Lyr	18.993556	34.95453	9.2–15.3	—	—	—	No
WZ Lyr	19.037508	47.21658	9.7–15.5	—	—	—	No
UU Lyr	19.095097	28.08333	11.5–16.1	—	—	—	No
ST Lyr	19.162656	43.61481	10.6–18.0	—	—	—	No
TU Aql	19.460097	2.05300	8.5–16.8	—	—	—	No
SW Aql	19.844633	12.81997	11.9–14.5	—	—	—	No
ST Sge	20.195050	20.62139	10.0–14.9	—	—	—	No
FG Sge	20.198906	20.33456	9.4–13.6	—	—	—	No
RR Aqr	21.250356	-2.89589	9.1–14.7	—	—	—	No
LX Cyg	21.932519	48.34747	11.5–17.0	—	—	—	No
DG Peg	22.059422	14.00867	10.4–14.5	—	—	—	No
YZ Vul	19.733928	27.76828	9.0–16.8	—	—	—	No

Comments

(3663) Dirk Terrell — Oct. 9, 2013, 10:08 a.m.

Hi Ken,

The review committee is requesting a change to your proposal:

"Maybe asking Ken to narrow the list so that the faintest minima Mira are
avoided would reduce the temporal and organizational footprint of the
project."

If you could modify the list of targets, we'd be happy to move forward on this one.

Dirk

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