Jupiter outshines Sirius this morning. Dwarf Novae request.

Jupiter was brilliant at 5.15 a.m. this morning at magnitude -2.06. Sirius is a mere magnitude -1.44.

My latitude here makes it possible to see Canis Major in its entirety and as far down as the star Naos in the constellation of Puppis. Lepus is well above the horizon with the 2nd magnitude star Arneb at its centre.

This morning Gemini was overhead flanked by Auriga, Lynx, Cancer, Canis Minor, Monoceros, Orion and Taurus.

I received an email from the AAVSO this morning following a request that specified Dwarf Novae are monitored for outburst to trigger observations using the VLA to search for radio jets. The request came from Ms. Deanne Coppejans (PhD candidate, Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) and University of Cape Town) and colleagues.

These are the targets

I have marked those that take priority with a green tick.

This is where they are located. 

The blue line corresponds to an observing plan I have generated in the SkyX as a script to allow them to be imaged in one session. I aim to try to incorporate this into my SN searching for every clear night. I would prefer to use a V filter but the breakdown of my remote focuser would mean manual refocusing at the telescope as the clear (no filter) approach I use for my SN images requires a change of focus for the V filter. However an outburst is an outburst so I will take clear images and take V and B filtered images if and when required.

The AAVSO Variable Star Designations in their Variable Star Index can be found here.