Re: GSC 00279 00321

["Dirk Terrell" <terrell@boulder.swri.edu>]

On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 14:26:58 +0000, jg wrote:

>These nearly one day period ones, whether one day is a multiple of the
>true period or the exact period or the half period, are going to be
>tricky without full lightcurves, and unfortunately, if a star is being
>followed up near the end of the season, a full lightcurve is not going
>to be possible, because you're always going to be looking at the same
>bit of lightcurve every night for the short period of time on an evening
>when you can observer it before it disappears for up to six month (by
>which time the bit of light curve being sampled should have progressed
>along a bit).
>

Yes, the aforementioned IBVS articles attest to my experience with
these kinds of systems. :-) Of course, a coordinated campaign from
sites around the globe can mitigate the diurnal problem.

Dirk