Hi Roger, With regards to the display boards, I will be unable to bring these to the meeting as I will be travelling with Gary Poyner. I have not repaired them...
For those of you who plan to attend the BAAVSS meeting at Cardiff University on June 13th, a map showing the venue and details on parking have been added to...
This is the time of year that everyone seems to give up monitoring SS Aur. This is unfortunate because it often goes into outburst in either June or July each...
EnootnhoJ@...
Jun 4, 2009 9:09 pm
1986
Hi Rob, No worries. I've arranged for the FT team to supply some extra display boards (I still have one here). So, perhaps I can collect it when I come over...
Could someone check out V854 Cen? I suspect it is fading. I have been imaging it using my camera and will measure it photoelectrically, but these are visual...
Hi Colin and All, I have also noted the current decline in V854 Cen, reported through vsnet-rcb 774 and the AVSON news groups, as per below. An additional ...
Peter F Williams
pfwilliams@...
Jun 10, 2009 9:36 am
1990
The suspected Herbig Ae/Be star NSV 7883 is fading... Selected observations... May 23.987 12.6 25.003 12.6 29.020 12.6 Jun 01.006 12.5 12.017 13.2 ...
W And is undergoing an exceptionally bright maxima: 23 June 2009 0101GMT D(1)V(2)F 7.2 15X70B 4 July 2009 0110GMT C(2)V(1)D 6.8 7X50B...
EnootnhoJ@...
Jul 4, 2009 7:15 am
1994
Dear all WX Cet is in outburst this morning: WX Cet 2009/7/8.44375 12.62 CV (119, 132) Measured image from GRAS001, 300mm DK-Cass in New Mexico. Best wishes ...
This morning's observation: WX Cet 2009/7/9.44583 12.51 CV (119, 132) GRAS001 It does look like we may have caught it at the start of the outburst. ...
3.4hrs of unfiltered photometry of IL Vul tonight shows what appear to be 0.1 mag superhumps with period ~0.075d on top of a slowly fading trend. The mean ...
I carried out a photometry run last night which shows a nice 1 mag deep eclipse and what looks like superhumps out of eclipse (or very large orbital humps -...
I'm wondering if these are 'true' outbursts, or a high state at minimum, such as we see in HT Cas & IR Com (amongst others). The last two reported outbursts...
Gary, I have been monitoring this object since Aug 2007. Apart from the 2 outbursts you mention, I have found it active on 5 other occasions (all C mag): 2007...
Ian, I have 6" refractor F9 visually I can get down to mag 11.5. If I went over to CCD work how deep would I be able to go and what CCD camera would you...
Nick Atkinson
nick@...
Jul 20, 2009 2:35 pm
2007
Nick, I am sure Ian will give a complete reply, but let me just chip in. I use a 4 inch f/8 refractor with a Starlight Xpress SXV-M7 CCD for my outburst patrol...
Nick, The AAVSO's "CCD Observing Manual" can be downloaded from http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/ccd/manual/ and an excellent beginners guide to...