Interesting to point out further that Both RY Sgr and R CrB are faint simultaneously. That's a first for me. Was the last RY Sgr fade in 1993? I think so. Best...
Peter, Well done. I observed RY Sgr this morning and confirm it is faint. However my observation was not good. 31-03-2003 14.05GMAT 8m.4 Class 3. I don't have...
Hi Colin, A quick eyeball of my observations shows the last deep decline of RY Sgr was indeed during 1993 when it fell to mag 13 in July through October of...
Peter F Williams
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Apr 2, 2008 10:07 am
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Recent observations of RY Sgr. SGRRY 20080401.788 81 WPX SGRRY 20080402.776 81 WPX Regards Peter Williams Heathcote NSW [Non-text portions of...
Peter F Williams
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Apr 2, 2008 8:04 pm
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Hello, The current decline of RY Sgr appears to have stalled near magnitude 8, as per the following recent visual observations: SGRRY 20080403.790 81...
Those members attending the meeting this coming weekend and travelling by car may find the following link useful. The Storey's Way car park is the preferred...
I've posted a narrow field image of this new probable nova in Cygnus, taken a few hours ago, on my nova page: http://uk.geocities.com/martinmobberley/Nova.html...
This seems to have brightened significantly in the last few days. APR 12.6800 8.70V (Martin Nicholson) APR 08.5860 10.29 (Martin Nicholson) Has anybody else in...
Many thanks to all concerned with this joint meeting - I though it was an excellent event and was greatly enjoyed by all those I spoke to. Martin Nicholson ...
Visual magnitude estimate by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany: HERV844 20080415.943 121 SPK Sequence: AAVSO Instrument: 203-mm SCT This SU UMa-type dwarf nova...
Patrick Schmeer
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Apr 15, 2008 11:08 pm
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Members will be pleased to know, I'm sure, that Gary Poyner was presented with the Charles Butterworth Award at the joint meeting of the BAA and AAVSO last...
I managed to image this object from Australia on Saturday. (http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/105.shtml) On JD 2454576.15179 it had a V band...
The ROP star RXJ1831.7+6511 is once again in outburst... Apr 24.005 13.8 Visual Poyner This is the third outburst detected this year (previous two in Feb &...
We observed QZ Vir (=T Leo) using our 25-cm telescope. YYYYMMDD(UT) mag. err. 20080426.63156 13.47Rc 0.01 Higashi-Hiroshima Observatory The object is fading. ...
Akira Arai
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Apr 26, 2008 4:20 pm
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Visual magnitude estimate by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany: ANDDX 20080427.122 121 SPK Sequence: AAVSO Instrument: 203-mm SCT Regards, Patrick ...
... Interesting. Over the last 4000 days (11 years), there has been one outburst of UZ Boo according to the AAVSO light curve generator. The quiescent...
No sign of an outburst 2008 05 10.35523 - the star is fainter than 16.0V - I suggest a possible misidentification with the nearby comparison star 132? Martin...
The RCB star RY SGR is starting to brighten after its recent fading episode. MAY 07.4118 12.21V (Martin Nicholson) MAY 12.6127 11.93V (Martin Nicholson) MAY...
This nova has shown a dramatic re-brightening over the last few days - 2454599.01012 11.52V (Martin Nicholson) 2454605.10309 10.50V (Martin Nicholson) ...