Proposal #85

Proposer (36905) Matthew Peavy (matt.peavy@gmail.com) obscode: PMAN
Assigned To(3663) Dirk Terrell
Date SubmittedSept. 7, 2018
StatusAccepted
PriorityNormal
Proposal

Observe GK Per, in support of Alert Notice 649: Dwarf nova outburst of GK Per (N Per 1901).
https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-649

Targets
Target RA (H.HH) Dec (D.DD) Magnitude Telescope Observation Frequency Expiration Date Proprietary Term
GK Per 3.520000 43.90417 14.0–0.2 No

Comments

(2911) Michael Nicholas — Sept. 7, 2018, 9:15 p.m.

Matt has contacted me personally and is requesting use of a BSM scope as part of the BSM roll-out campaign. He is new to photometry but has completed the VPHOT course.
Mike

" I am new this year to photometry and have been learning to
use VPHOT with the help of my AAVSO mentor, Ken Menzies. I use iTelescope to
obtain images, then plate solve and have them sent to VPHOT. I would like to
make the most of the Bright Star Monitor opportunity." - Matt

(2911) Michael Nicholas — Sept. 17, 2018, 6:57 p.m.

Alert Notice 649: GK Per has dwarf nova outbursts about every 18-36 months, although the interval can vary quite a bit and some intervals can be longer than three years. It is difficult to predict how bright this outburst may be; the brightness and duration of GK Per outbursts have varied substantially over the past 16 years. We'll revisit proposal 9/2021

Observations are assigned to BSM_NH

Comments on this proposal are closed.