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by Olivier Thizy
Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:54 am
Forum: Be Stars survey
Topic: Call for monitoring Be stars in the TESS sectors
Replies: 94
Views: 113207

Re: Call for monitoring Be stars in the TESS sectors

Updated graphs for V442 And using several spectra from BeSS (thanks to all observers!). V442and-graphs.JPG Same in 3D with colored spectrogram: V442and-color3Dgraph1.JPG Using the first spectrum as baeline (ie: substrated) to only show the emission line: V442and-color3Dgraph.JPG Cordialement, Olivier
by Olivier Thizy
Sun Oct 27, 2019 2:46 pm
Forum: Be Stars survey
Topic: Call for monitoring Be stars in the TESS sectors
Replies: 94
Views: 113207

Re: Call for monitoring Be stars in the TESS sectors

Hello, here is an update on V442 And outburst which started between sep 30th and october 5th. Emission is still growing: 20191027 Graphe V442 And.JPG 20191027 Graphes V442 And.JPG Discovery spectrum on my blog: https://observatoire-belle-etoile.blogspot.com/2019/10/v442-and-again-again-again-in-outb...
by Olivier Thizy
Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:52 pm
Forum: Be Stars survey
Topic: Call for monitoring Be stars in the TESS sectors
Replies: 94
Views: 113207

Re: Call for monitoring Be stars in the TESS sectors

PS: note that we manually validate ALL spectra in BeSS database. There is currently an average of 11 spectra submitted every day (114 if you count all echelle spectra orders)... :-) As Valérie mentionned, there is a FaceBook private group for Be star observers (just need to be on facebook, have at l...
by Olivier Thizy
Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:12 pm
Forum: Be Stars survey
Topic: Call for monitoring Be stars in the TESS sectors
Replies: 94
Views: 113207

Re: Call for monitoring Be stars in the TESS sectors

Hello, I am one of BeSS validator and we are almost up to date in our validation process. BeSS validated spectra are visible on the next day (around 01h00 UT). As a Be star observer (and actually only observing Be stars with my backyard setup), I have added the priority >1 TESS target in my target l...
by Olivier Thizy
Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:34 pm
Forum: Be Stars survey
Topic: V442 And i outburst... again !
Replies: 1
Views: 3383

V442 And i outburst... again !

Hello, you may remeber that V442 And went into outburst in august last year. Well... it did it again! I have been following it since june (33 spectra!) without significant changes - but still some small variation to study later in more details. My spectrum from august 11th was in absorption, then on...
by Olivier Thizy
Sat Aug 04, 2018 1:28 am
Forum: Be Stars survey
Topic: Call for observations on 3 Clasical Be stars: Omi And, Phi A
Replies: 2
Views: 4333

Re: Call for observations on 3 Clasical Be stars: Omi And, P

Hello, thank you to all of you that are currently participating to this campaign. It has been interesting for the last few days as we noticed some evolution on lam Cyg and of course this brought some excitements: Capture.JPG We of course alerted the team that initiated this campaign but it turned ou...
by Olivier Thizy
Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:57 am
Forum: Be Stars survey
Topic: Call for observations on 3 Clasical Be stars: Omi And, Phi A
Replies: 2
Views: 4333

Call for observations on 3 Clasical Be stars: Omi And, Phi A

Hello, here a request rom a professional astronomers team to monitor three taregt with the goal to trigger follow up observations with different instruments in case of discovered outburst: We would like to request one spectrum per night to be taken for each of the 3 targets at resolution at least 10...
by Olivier Thizy
Fri May 18, 2018 6:56 pm
Forum: What are you observing tonight ?
Topic: V392 Per
Replies: 3
Views: 5952

Re: V392 Per

superbe!
by Olivier Thizy
Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:16 pm
Forum: Beginners corner
Topic: VV Cep
Replies: 1
Views: 2981

Re: VV Cep

Hello Michael, VV Cep spectra are archived on ARAS database there: http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/Aras_DataBase/VVCepStars/VVCep.htm If you are interested to include yours as well, please send them in FITS file format (compliant with BeSS format) to my email thizy@free.fr and I'll include them. Cordi...
by Olivier Thizy
Thu Dec 07, 2017 4:58 am
Forum: Comets
Topic: Spectre de la comète C/2016R2
Replies: 6
Views: 8252

Re: Spectre de la comète C/2016R2

Fallait oser Hubert - bravo pour ce superbe résultat!
Cordialement,
Olivier