What is the standard practice when you discover that one of the comparision stars on a AAVSO variable star chart is itself variable? About 0.25 magnitudes at...
Which star? You need to establish that it isn't already a recognised variable. How long have you been monitoring it? Do you have lot's of data? What's the...
I would like to have details on this so I can check if it also affects any BAA VSS sequence. John Toone [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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May 2, 2005 7:40 pm
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RW DRA chart by AAVSO Star labelled 114 to NE of RW DRA 11.41 to 11.62 Only 2 days data so it will need monitoring TYC 3885-1209-1...
The standard practice as regards AAVSO charts would be to: 1) check to be sure it is not a known or suspected variable in either the GCVS or NSVS catalog, or...
Thank you I will do this shortly. ... check to be sure it is not a known or suspected variable in either the GCVS or NSVS catalog, or the suspects list on the...
Just seen this on CVnet. V Sge is currently very bright (I had it at 10.4 on May 10.12 UT.) There is an excellent chart for V Sge on the AAVSO web pages. ...
Yes, I too can confirm, I took a look this morning and estimate the star's magnitude at 2.3 Visual Observations made 17th of May 2005.. Instruments: 9 x 60mm...
Dear all, Delta Sco is not as faint as reported. It's been around V= 2.0-2.1 during the last month. So I don't think it has the right to be included in alert...
I have added some more astronomical project ideas and extra pages to the International Consortium of Robotic Astronomical Researchers (ICRAR) website...
Interesting that on his web page, Martin states that... "Most of the real enthusiasts are members of the American Association of Variable Star Observers...
Dear colleagues, NSV 24607 AS 325 (= NSV 24607 = CD -26 13521 = CPD -26 6567 = He 3-1728; 18h 50m 03.57s -26º 24' 15.4" (2000.0) is fading since a couple of...
R Sct is undergoing a faint primary minimum: 23 May 2005 0408GMT Equal K 7.6 12x50B Since 1980 I have recorded 35 minima fainter than mag 7.0, of...
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May 25, 2005 10:31 am
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Further to recent correspondence on the subject of Delta Sco. Delta Sco is a difficult object to estimate accurately from northern temperate latitudes due to...
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May 25, 2005 10:31 am
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Hello All, The RCB star V517 Oph may have commenced to decline. This star recently returned to maximum near magnitude 12 following a deep decline that...
Peter F. Williams
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May 26, 2005 10:50 am
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The ROP star CG Dra is active: 2005 May 27.958 15.8C previous observation: 2005 May 22.945 16.7C Last outburst was on Apr 9 KInd regards, Jeremy Shears ...
Jeremy Shears reports an outburst of the Recurrent Objects Programme star CG Dra. I have just confirmed the outburst visually... May 27.958 UT 15.8C...
Hello All, My recent scattered observations R Sct confirm the faint state and suggest this current minimum commenced during April: STAR YYYYMMDD(UT)...
Peter F. Williams
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May 28, 2005 4:49 am
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Following the detection of an outburst of this UG star last night, I carried out time series photometry from May 27.959 to 28.023. The instrument was a ...
Further to earlier reports R Sct has now commenced its recovery from primary minimum. My observations covering this minimum are listed below: 27th April...
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May 30, 2005 8:25 pm
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Hello All, The peculiar dwarf nova BV Cen is in outburst. This appears to be the first recorded outburst since the minor outburst of 2001 when it reached near...
Peter F. Williams
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May 31, 2005 12:01 pm
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The outburst of BV Cen reported in vsnet-alert 8419 continues with an increase in brightness. STAR YYYYMMDD(UT) MAG OBSERVER CENBV...
Peter F. Williams
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Jun 1, 2005 11:16 am
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Hello All, Listed here are recent observations showing the current state of some southern RCB stars on my working list. STAR YYYYMMDD(UT) MAG...
Peter F. Williams
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Jun 4, 2005 10:21 pm
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Hi Peter, I notice that you don't observe ES Aql. This is a suspected RCB star with an equatorial declination... 19h 32m 21s.61 -00 11 30.6 There is a...
Hi Gary, Thanks for your email. Mike Simonsen posed the same question to me some time ago. I did observe ES Aql for about two seasons, 2001 and 2002 from...