VV Cep

August 17, 2017: In AAVSO Alert Notice 593 we announced a campaign on the very long period VV Cep M2Iabe+B0/2Ve binary. The amplitude of the eclipse was wrongly given as slightly under a magnitude in the V band when it is actually around 0.1 mag. This means that the VV Cep eclipse is largely undetectable visually,  and is not a good candidate for visual observations. CCD and DSLR photometry, however, are still encouraged.

Edit: The information given in this alert notice has been updated to correct eclipse depth values. Please see AAVSO Alert Notice 594

August 16, 2017: The AAVSO is requesting monitoring of the eclipse of the very bright Algol-type eclipsing binary variable VV Cep, predicted to have begun in June 2017 and to conclude in November 2019.