Oh I thought the small marks were estimates. What's the difference between the symbols? Thanks, Joe ------------------------------ On Fri, May 24, 2013 1:57 AM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Hi Joe,
Both he and I were shooting at that time (by prearrangement) as for who got more data it was actually him. I spaced my shots about 300 seconds apart while he shot one right after another. If you look closely at his plot note that every one of those tiny Xs is a separate shot. So while I only got 6 shots during the flare's fade he got 20 or so.
He suggested I shoot more often so tonight I did a bunch one right after another and am currently spacing them 60 seconds apart and will compare when I process them.
BTW, on a totally unrelated and OT subject I just saw that Disney has released their latest preview for Planes. I think I've seen them all and this one's my favorite so far:
http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2013/130520official-trailer-for-disney...
Cheers,
patrick
On 24 May 2013, at 00:39, Joe Bauman wrote:
Interesting, Patrick. You seem to be the only one who was making measurements at the height of the flare, if I read the charts right. The guy Gary from Arizona simply extrapolated a big flare from only a couple of points that were before and after the big brightness, it seems. Or am I reading them wrong? Congratulations! -- Joe
________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:47 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Flare
In my continuing albeit apparently fruitless effort to interest folks here in "taking data" I'll share a fun light curve I got a couple of nights ago of a red dwarf star called NSV 19335 that (quite by accident) caught a pretty impressive flare:
http://brucegary.net/pawm2/NSV19335/nsv19335.htm#Present_Light_Curve_Observa...
That should take you right to the graph but if not the plot in question is 8 images down from the top of the page.
Gee, just think what it would be like if the Sun ever did that...
Note that even at its faintest it never got below mag 12 so it could easily be worked by most anyone with a medium sized scope and a decent imager.
BTW, this reminds me of something said in one of my NASA training seminars where the speaker (who is also a data-taker) noted that "Some people get excited by pretty pictures. I get excited over squiggly lines."
Ok, have I got any converts yet?
Clear skies (which we have in abundance tonight)!
patrick
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