[Aavso-photometry] VV Pup 'flares'

[Arne Henden]

bedient at hawaii.rr.com wrote:
> Just a quickie since I'm at work, but reading some papers in ADS, particularly:
> http://adsbit.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1972MNRAS.156..305W
> I think what I observed on the 17th (the steep decline at the beginning of my observations) was an eclipse of the hotspot by the secondary.  Compare my lightcurve from that night with that in the paper.
> 
> VV Pup has a very bright and active hotspot, and I think that's what we have been seeing.
> 
> This is cool.  Could turn me into another CV junkie.
> 
Thanks for the paper reference.  It looks like the "flare" seen
by various observers is the bright phase of the star, lasting
about 42 minutes and typically 1-2 magnitudes brighter in white
light than the faint phase.  Interesting system.
Arne