Re: Newbie: observation request?

[<aah@nofs.navy.mil>]

Aaron,
  The magnitude of your star fits the Mark IV very nicely.
However, by continuous observations for several days, do you
mean that you need data 24/hrs per day, or just a few datapoints
per day for several days in a row?  The former is hard; the
latter is much easier.  A typical Mark IV system can track
any given field for about 2.5hrs per night, so to get 24hr
complete coverage would take at least 10 sites evenly spaced
in longitude, a very unlikely scenario.  On the other hand,
a Mark IV in a good location like the SouthWest can usually
obtain data on every night for a week or more during the
good seasons.
  This kind of request is one type of project that the
Mark IV survey should be capable of performing, but as
Chris said, such collaborations are still a few months off.
Arne