CMHASD Trustee John Howarth has been thanked for his help in a paper called SAO28567: One that got away published in a recent edition of the BAAVSS, written by Chris Lloyd of the RAL.
John said ''Chris originally suggested to Roger Pickard and Malcolm Gough that this would be a good object for the APT, as there had been a conflicting observation and they passed their data to me for analysis. Subsequently the star was shown to be a double and was being pulled out of shape by the gravity of its companion, hence the variability. I still had the data, so was able to send it to Chris Lloyd for his analysis, and the paper shows this.
I was pleased to be mentioned but it is also a great tribute to the Jack Ells APT and its operators. Timely too, because we are currently trying to find a permanent home for the APT, or at least for its photometer.''
To view the paper click on the link below to download the edition of the BAAVSS circular that has the paper in it.