Re: more GSC 748-1618

[Doug Welch <welch@physics.mcmaster.ca>]

Mike,

I am a little curious why people have decided to ignore
my suggestion that this is a short-period, overtone
Cepheid. Perhaps it wouldn't seem so strange then!

Cheers,
Doug

On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Michael Koppelman wrote:

> Check out the light curves on this page:
> 
> http://www.lolife.com/astronomy/gsc748-1618/
> 
> There is an unusual shape to the I-band curve.
> 
> All of this data is less than 3 months old, so it's hard to believe the 
> period could be changing that fast. Since the V-band curve has some 
> weirdness in the same spot, it seems real so far to me.
> 
> On this plot:
> 
> http://www.lolife.com/astronomy/gsc748-1618/gsc748-1618_ibin.jpg
> 
> ...I adjusted my curve by 0.018m to match Arne's.
> 
> Michael Koppelman
> 
> 

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