Re: GSC 00279 00321

[aah@nofs.navy.mil]

Dirk wrote:
>Of course, a coordinated campaign from
>sites around the globe can mitigate the diurnal problem.
  This is a good idea for the 1-day aliased variables if you
want to get publication early.  There are several worldwide
groups that tend to follow specific types of variables, such
as GEA for eclipsing systems or the WET folks for dSct stars.
Their collective arms can sometimes be twisted, especially if the
object to be followed is somewhat unusual.
  Almost all of my personal research these days is collaborative
in nature.  Sometimes this is for geographic access, such as
following the fading of a GRB afterglow where you can't wait
six months to catch the other half of the light curve.  Sometimes
it is for instruments, such as spectrographs, to gain information
you can't acquire locally.  More often than not, it is because
the other person(s) have more expertise in specific areas, and
that expertise is important for the scientific merit of the project.
Arne