K. Itagaki, Japan, has reported the discovery of a very bright supernova of mag 11.2 in NGC 2403 using an unfiltered CCD on a 0.60-m reflector on 2004 July 31....
Two whole clear nights in a row! Unusual for this year, which has been the poorest observing since 1992. Plenty going on to keep one up all night. AND3C66A...
I made the following estimate of Eta Gem this morning: 6 Aug 1438GMAT Epsilon(1)V(1)Fl 1 3.6 12x50B Binoculars (defocussed) were used because of...
John Toone
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Aug 7, 2004 9:26 am
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Estimates of Eta Gem from this morning 08 Aug 0220UT Mu(3)V(2)1 3.63 10x50B 0222UT Mu-6 , 1+4 3.61 10x50B 0224UT Mu-7 ,...
Tony Markham
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Aug 8, 2004 9:42 am
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Please be advised that Darren Baskill has updated his page from the link on the VSS web site. http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~dbl/xrayobs.html You should continue to...
Colin, I agree with your comments about R CrB being bright. Since mid April I have recorded it hardly varying within an extreme range of 5.9-6.0. My last...
John Toone
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Aug 12, 2004 9:03 pm
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Dear John, I too have found R CrB brighter than usual just lately, at about 5.9. I normally make it around 6.1. Mike Gainsford ... From: John Toone...
Michael Gainsford
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Aug 13, 2004 5:57 pm
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I don't think it's that unusual. A quick look at R CrB's light curve on the BAAVSS website shows a number of observations in the 5.5 to 6.0 value. The AAVSO ...
I observed this star last night (Aug 20th) at visual magnitude 10.3 SGEV 20040820.938 103 KGE Regards, Keith.. ... From: "Taichi...
Keith Geary
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Aug 21, 2004 5:50 pm
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I too observed V Sge bright on Aug 20.010 at 9.8 - certainly the brightest I have ever seen it since I started to observe it in early 1991. Probably close to...
Hello all, could anybody able to observe eta carinae take a look? This sounds interesting indeed! Keith... ... From: "Sebastian Otero" <varsao@...>...
Keith Geary
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Aug 30, 2004 7:23 pm
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The interesting RCB star(DYPer sub group) Z UMi is fading slowly... Aug 7.96 11.2 10.95 11.3 19.95 11.5 25.93 11.7 30.96 11.8 31.93 11.9 regards, Gary ...
Latest observation of Eta Gem: 11 Sep 1510GMAT Epsilon(1)V(2)FL1 3.4 12x50B Some observers are using Mu Gem as a comparison star because of its...
John Toone
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Sep 12, 2004 10:17 am
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John, Thanks for the alert. I am now operational with calibrated V- and I-band filters so I can measure both the V mags of Eps, Fl1 and Mu Gem, as well as the...
The unusual (cool) RCB star DY Per is now at an historical minimum. Latest observation made just under an hour ago was... Sep 15.05 UT, 15.7 visual. DY Per...
John, Early this morning (16th) at about 1445GMAT I imaged the relevant stars with V and I filters. Results relative to Hipparcos stars as follows: JD...
Below is a sequence for ASAS002511 based on a single night calibration from Arne Henden. Four bright V magnitudes from ASAS-3 are included in the notes. AAVSO...
Richard, Many thanks for these measurements. The measurement for Mu is particularly important and it was nice to see Eta confirmed at mag 3.4. If you get ...
John Toone
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Sep 17, 2004 5:07 pm
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Image ASAS I have posted my latest image of ASAS002511 taken on September 2004. http://astrosurf.com/blazar/variable/UG04/V-ASAS.jpg ASAS002511 SEP 17.9549...
John I think we should be wary of saying that a CCD(V) measurement confirms an individual visual estimate as this could be misinterpreted as implying that ...
Tony Markham
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Sep 18, 2004 1:56 pm
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Tony, I fully agree with all your comments. The remark on the 3.38 CCD(V) and 3.4 visual observations merely means that my eye response to the colours...
John Toone
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Sep 18, 2004 7:22 pm
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AAVSO charts will be released soon. Mike Simonsen (SXN) C. E. Scovil Observatory Imlay City, MI, USA http://home.mindspring.com/~mikesimonsen/ ASAS 002511 ...
AG Draconis 2004 Sep 18, 2000 (GMAT) G+3, F-5 9.8 (class 2) B70x16 mounted Melvyn Taylor Wakefield, West Yorkshire [Non-text portions of this message have...
melvyn.taylor
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Sep 19, 2004 12:24 pm
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FYI According to the most recent observations of Glen Chaple (13.1 mag) and Jean Gunther (12.5 mag) reported to the AAVSO, the UG star CH UMa seems to have its...
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