AAVSO Alert Notice 453: Monitoring of S Dor Requested for Multiwavelength Campaign

February 24, 2012
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AAVSO AAVSO Alert Notice 453
Monitoring of S Dor requested for multiwavelength campaign
February 23, 2012

Dr. Noel Richardson, Georgia State University, has requested monitoring of the luminous blue variable (LBV) prototype S Doradus as part of a multiwavelength campaign he is coordinating to study the photosphere of this star. At present the observations planned include:

1. UV Spectroscopy from HST…

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AAVSO Alert Notice 443: Long-Term Monitoring of Four AGN in Support of Ground-Based Spectroscopy

July 9, 2011
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AAVSO Alert Notice 443
Long-term monitoring of four AGN in support of ground-based spectroscopy
July 8, 2011

Dr. Misty Bentz of Georgia State University requests observations of four active galactic nuclei (AGN) for a study of variability in these sources by the STARE Collaboration. She requests BVRcIc filtered photometry of NGC 6814, NGC 7213, NGC 7469, and NGC 1566 from …

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