The intensely variable X-ray source (and binary X-ray pulsar) V635 Cas (4U 0115+634) is brighter tonight than I have seen it since August 2000... Sep 28.938...
This is an alert if fading target. BAA VSS Observing Guide to Variable Stars gives the normal range of DY Per as 10 to 15.4 Tonight I make it to be: 12/10/08...
Carl Knight
sleepless.knight@...
Oct 12, 2008 10:57 am
1827
Gary Poyner has confirmed this, and that I'm a couple of weeks late!...
Carl Knight
sleepless.knight@...
Oct 12, 2008 10:57 am
1828
Des Loughney advises that due to unforeseen circumstances, the venue for this coming Saturday's VSS Workshop in Edinburgh has changed. The meeting will now be...
The ROP star V402 And is in outburst.. Oct 14.001 15.41C Bradford Robotic Telescope The last outburst was detected by Jeremy Shears on 2007 Jly 29.982 at...
Correction : of course it was a visual estimate! _____ Van: cvnet-outburst@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cvnet-outburst@yahoogroups.com] Namens Eddy Muyllaert ...
Visual magnitude estimates by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany: NSV1485 20081019.792 133 SPK HS2219+1824 20081019.783 123 SPK Both objects appear to be at...
Patrick Schmeer
pasc1312-aavso@...
Oct 19, 2008 7:22 pm
1835
It seems this one is in outburst. Can someone confirm? According the LGC of the AAVSO is the last outburst more then 10 years ago. V1251 CYG 2454759.3340 12.4...
Visual magnitude estimates by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany: CYGV1251 20081019.79 <133 SPK CYGV1251 20081019.871 124 SPK By unknown reason I checked the...
Patrick Schmeer
pasc1312-aavso@...
Oct 19, 2008 9:17 pm
1838
By unknown reason … I did not check V1251 Cyg earlier tonight. I had been observing for 1.5 hours when I went inside and minutes later I saw Hubert’s alert...
Real-time photometry of V1251 Cyg tonight shows variability with an amplitude of 0.3 mags and period of around 0.07d. A quick-look real-time updated lightcurve...
Gary, I think you're right! I've been following this for 3hrs now and have seen what appear to be two classic 0.3 mag superhumps peaking at 13.85V with a...
David, Gary, I confirm David's observations: so far I have been running 2.5 h and there are lovely 0.3 mag superhumps, with a rapid rise and slower decline....
GRB Detection Date: 08/10/28 00:25:00.79 UT GRB Notice Date: Tue 28 Oct 08 00:27:24 UT Center of Error Pattern RA: 121.890d {+08h 07m 34s} (J2000), Dec:...
There is a light curve of the 1995 outburst of UW Tri at http://www.garypoyner.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uwtri.html Somehow I don't think that CCD observations will...
I got in 205 images last night and it shows superhumps with a period of about sh_P= 2hr. images of curve can be seen here http://mackjulian.com/blog/?p=42 Mack...
There was no outburst of Z Cam during October and the interval between the last two outbursts was around 50 days. The average outburst period for Z Cam is ...
EnootnhoJ@...
Nov 1, 2008 11:19 am
1853
This might be of interest to EB observers on this list. Gary ... Gary Poyner garypoyner@... ...
This may be a bit off topic, but I trust you'll find it worth hearing about. AAVSO is launching a new initiative beginning today. As a result of a strategic...