Re: GSC 3493-1324

[Sebastian Otero <varsao@fullzero.com.ar>]

> >  I looked at the sample comparison star Michael mentioned,
> >GSC 3493-1088, on the same night (and other nights).  It does
> >NOT become dimmer on the night of JD 2453109, in either V or I.
> >
>
> Perhaps Sebastian can give more details on why he is so certain that
> the TASS data are bad but looking at the plots, I'm not inclined to
> dismiss them. This is obviously a well-detached system and an eccentric
> orbit isn't at all out of the question. That can really make things
> tough when the two stars have similar surface brightnesses.

Dirk, It IS an eccentric system: 0.485 for the phase of the secondary.
That makes any other solution veyr unlikely. Only TASS datapoints are in the
wrong place not eh lots of NSVS observations!

Regards,
Sebastian