[vsnet-alert 15138] Re: 5th HST visit scheduled: CW Mon

[Roger Pickard]

Thanks for the feedback Boris.  It's always nice to know that amateurs 
observations are used and therefore appreciated.

Hopefully, well now have some more clear skies to monitor V405 Peg.

Cheers,
Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boris Gaensicke" <Boris.Gaensicke at warwick.ac.uk>
To: "Gary Poyner" <garypoyner at blueyonder.co.uk>; "Roger Pickard" 
<roger.pickard at sky.com>; "David Boyd" <davidboyd at orion.me.uk>; "Mike 
Simonsen" <mikesimonsen at aavso.org>; "Arne Henden" <arne at aavso.org>; 
"Arto Oksanen" <arto.oksanen at jklsirius.fi>; "Rod Stubbings" 
<stubbo at sympac.com.au>; "Bart Staels" <staels.bart.bvba at pandora.be>; 
<vsnet-alert at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: 5th HST visit scheduled: CW Mon


> Dear All,
>
> thanks to the intense monitoring that showed CW Mon to
> remain in quiescence, the HST observations of this star
> were carried out last night as planned. The UV spectrum
> is a bit of a surprise: rather than the clean signature
> of a white dwarf that we expected (similar to the
> well-studied U Gem), it displays a complex structure which
> suggests that we are looking through a fair amount
> of material along the line of sight onto the white
> dwarf and/or inner part of the disc. This will be a tough
> one to model...
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Boris
>