[Roger Dymock]

Very sad loss – one of the good guys

[Roger Dymock]

Perhaps what would be useful is for the various national organisations, or sections thereof, to get together occasionally to swap ideas, broadcast their activities, suggest campaigns. Would not be too difficult in this era of hybrid/on-line meetings. We should have a lot to learn from one another.

[Roger Dymock]

I looked at various IAU Citizen Science related websites and wasn’t to impressed. They seem to consist of links, some of which didn’t work, to other organisations without any added value.

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Grant,
Didn’t have any specific thoughts, just wanted to garner some views on the matter. Will have to take a look at the IAU’s Citizen Science agenda as mentioned by David.

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Martin,
Thanks – didn’t know that. Communication should be much easier these days and mtgs could be in-person, hybrid or on-line so no need for expensive travel accomodation. Lets see….

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Paul,

Sounds quite interesting especially about the secondary eclipse. Please let me know of any developments.

Regards

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Richard,

I am using the SLOOH 0.5m telescope to obtain 5 images per night of TOI-1259A b. After a month or so I will process these with Astoimagej for photometry and then construct a folded phase curve using Peranso. Only just started to learn the latter so might take a while.

Regards

[Roger Dymock]

The provisional agenda for the meeting is now available at https://britastro.org/event/exoplanet-workshop-2022

If you have any comments or questions before the meeting please submit them here

Regards

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Paul,

I have 2010 to 2019 so if you still want them let me have your address and I will send them to you.

Regards

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Robin,

Siegfried Vanaverbeke asks ‘Can an estimate of the angular size of the source star be derived from spectroscopy?’

Regards

[Roger Dymock]

Robin,
Probably an obvious question but I assume the spectra in your post are those of the source star. Would these not be ‘contaminated’ by the lens star?
Regards

[Roger Dymock]

Have decided not to go ahead with the paper for a couple of reasons;

• observations dried up mostly due to bad weather at observing sights
• previous publication by the BAA Variable Star Section in their recent circular

 Will wait until another good example arises.

 

[Roger Dymock]

Thanks for your comments – guess that means I am actually going to have to write it now –
b-gg-r!!!

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Robin,

Thanks for the explanation. Do you think this event would be worth a paper in the JBAA?  I could do the handling of alerts and the photometry aspects but would look to you to cover the spectral side including how this confirms, or otherwise, a microlensing event.

Regards

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Robin,

What would you expect to see if it wasn’t a microlensing event? Be stars are often quoted as possibilities for example,

Regards

[Roger Dymock]

Setting up our own robotic telescope in a good observing location with access for both members and e.g. schools would be a good use of our money in my view

[Roger Dymock]

Setting up our  own robotic telescope in a good observing location with access for both members and e.g. schools would be a good use of our money in my view

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Callum, Correct!!! Thanks

[Roger Dymock]

Guess it was just a joke looking at the other papers – going for a lie down.

[Roger Dymock]

Unless I have got hold of the wrong end of the stick surely the threat is unchanged. The majority of the planets have been there for a long time but its just that we are discovering more of them.

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