The WEBT observations can be supported by the 0.6 meter telescope of the University of Hawaii Mauna Kea Observatories. The contact person for the observations is Richard Crowe (rcrowe@hubble.uhh.hawaii.edu).
Telescope parameters: Long= -155 deg 28 min 8.7 sec, Lat= 19 deg 49 min 22 sec, Alt= 13760 feet (4194 meters)
Optical configuration: Cassegrain f/15, D=0.6 m, Seeing 0.5-1.0″
CCD camera: Apogee AP6ep 1024×1024, 24-um pixels, readout noise=13-15 e-
Filters (CVI 2-inch): UV (UG-11) Blue (BG25+GG385) Green (BG39+GG455) Yellow (GG 495) Red (RG 610 or RG 695) Infrared (RG 780)
There is also a thermally-cooled Optec SSP-5 photometer equipped with Johnson UBV filters.