[Aavso-photometry] Talk of burn out (and a wrap up of recent campaigns)

[Shawn Dvorak (RHO)]

Aaron,

I'm quite glad that the AAVSO is sponsoring these focused campaigns, and 
appreciate the effort you're putting in on managing the projects.  I enjoy 
participating in them, and seeing the end-result in publication is always 
nice, too!

I've spent a fair amount of money on my equipment, and I like to make good 
use of it.  Like most on this list, if it's clear I'm going to be running 
the observatory, whether it's on a campaign target or just the usual EBs and 
RR Lyraes.  As long as the weather cooperates and the target is suitable 
I'll be participating on all of the future campaigns.

Shawn


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Price" <aprice at gmail.com>
To: <aavso-photometry at aavso.org>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:56 PM
Subject: [Aavso-photometry] Talk of burn out (and a wrap up of recent 
campaigns)


>  I would like to have a discussion about observer burn out. The AAVSO
> has only begun organizing these high intensity observing campaigns
> since October of 2003 (UV Per). Since then we've had 3 campaigns on BZ
> UMa, one large on on Var Her 04, one each on IL Aqr, HD 74156, HD
> 37605, Mark 421 and mini campaigns on BL Lac and VV Pup.  The results
> have been across the board. UV Per and BZ UMa resulted in IBVS papers.
> Var Her 04 is our main success with a PASP paper (Dec. 2004). IL Aqr
> is currently in the process of being included in an AJ submission, the
> HD transits were not detected but they garnered Sky & Telescope
> publicity, the BL Lac data is still being analyzed but looks
> interesting and the VV Pup campaign was basically a bust (which we'll
> try again).
>  It looks like we have a lull in these campaigns for a few weeks. We
> are planning another transit campaign in late February and new
> campaigns on Var Her 04 and IL Aqr are preliminarily scheduled for the
> spring.
>   So, are you tired yet?
>    It seems like there is no shortage of scientific need for these
> pro-am, high intensity, multi longitudinal observing campaigns. This
> is a testament to you the observer and the quality of your work!
> However, as the coordinator of these campaigns I need to know where to
> draw the line. I would rather have excellent coverage of a few
> campaigns than spotty coverage of many.  So one thing I want to
> consider while planning is: How much of you can I ask?
>    I would like to hear from those of you who have participated in
> one or more of these campaigns. I'm interested in your personal
> thoughts about them. Are you satisfied? Bored? Exhausted? Excited? Is
> exhaustion ever a determining factor in your ability to observe or
> not? What can we do more to help you?
>    I'd like to see replies on this discussion group. But if you are
> shy feel free to respond to me privately.
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Aaron
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