Weather had kept me from shooting enough images to make an animation but I did get a shot tonight that shows that the variable has dimmed considerably. I've placed it side-by-side with the first one I shot back on 25 November. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=68&g2_page=6 An arrow a bit left of center points to the variable on the left panel. patrick On 25 Nov 2010, at 03:16, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
After seeing the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMuaDJQSvdE) from BYU's West Mountain Observatory shown at this month's SLAS meeting of the Cepheid variable discovered by Edwin Hubble I thought I'd see if I could get a picture of it.
Turned out to be not that hard with it showing up on a single 2' exposure. But I went ahead and shot five 2' shots and added them together to make it easier to see. Results posted here:
http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=68&g2_page=6
Not as fancy as the Y's video but now I'm thinking that since it did show up so easily, maybe I ought to try a video myself. 'Vourse what do you want to bet I just happened to catch it at its peak brightness tonight and within a few days it'll be gone.
Stay tuned. :)
patrick