Proposal #390

Proposer	(18393) Francisco Soldan (fsarrakis@gmail.com) obscode: AFSA
Assigned To	(3663) Dirk Terrell
Date Submitted	Aug. 6, 2023
Status	Declined
Priority	Normal
Proposal	My AAVSO code is AFSA. I would like to target V0584 Lyr. 5 consecutive shots per night, every 3 days (more less) in V filter (preferably), although Clear filter is accepted too. The observation window from August 1 to Sept 10. SNR greater than 60. Thank you so much

Targets
Target	RA (H.HH)	Dec (D.DD)	Magnitude	Telescope	Observation Frequency	Expiration Date	Proprietary Term
V0584 Lyr	19.183169	28.94409	14.0–20.0	—	—	—	No

(3663) Dirk Terrell — Aug. 11, 2023, 3:50 p.m.: The TAC will decline this proposal for several reasons but encourage you to address some issues and submit a new proposal. First, your proposal did not give us enough information about the target and why you want to observe it. It is a good idea to state, at least briefly, what kind of variable star it is. Remember that it is your responsibility to provide the information that a review committee needs to judge your proposal. After some digging we found out that this is a dwarf nova and you are probably wanting to support Alert Notice 796. If so, you should state that in the proposal. Also, this is a very faint target for the size of the telescopes in AAVSOnet and it is in a crowded field, which will make accurate photometry much more difficult. Is it worth all that observing time and effort? You need to make the case for that. Feel free to contact me by email at terrell@boulder.swri.edu if you would like help writing an improved proposal.

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