Kato's ephemeris seems accurate enough. Tonight's eclipse covered a convenient range with 128, 135 and 137 comps all nicely placed just south of the variable. ...
My observations of the previous eclipse to Mike's, made through broken cloud are as follows (timings +/- 10s) ... CNCGY 040405.8264 13.7 JCN...
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Apr 6, 2004 6:20 pm
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The RCB star DY Per is fading. Last night (Apr 6.9UT) it was visible at 13.8, compared to mag 12.4 on Mar 17.8UT. This fade is about three weeks earlier than...
The following observations were made during the evening of 2004 April 6 with a Celestron NexStar11, 0.63x tele-compresser, Johnson 'V' filter, MX916. 30 second...
Observations of the GY Cnc eclipse around 21:20 hrs UT on 6th April ... CNCGY 040406.8750 13.7 JCN BAAVSS CNCGY 040406.8757 13.7...
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Apr 8, 2004 6:26 pm
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OJ+287 has brightened considerably during the recent full moon period: 23 Mar 1033GMAT 11(3)V(2)X 15.5 C14 8 Apr 0843GMAT 9(3)V(2)10 14.4...
John Toone
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Apr 9, 2004 5:59 am
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The poorly studied AM star ST LMi was observed to be at it's brightest level this morning since April 26th 1998. Usually seen varying between visual...
Here is a revised sequence for ST LMi, to assist anybody who wants be confirm Gary's observation of this variable at 15.5. Bruce Sumner ... 241 ST LEO MINORIS...
The eclipsing dwarf nova IY UMa has gone into outburst around magnitude 14. Its position is RA 10h43m57s DEC +58o07'33" At the moment it isn't clear if the...
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Apr 10, 2004 6:49 pm
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Thanks Bruce. Chris Jones confirmed the bright state of ST LMi on Apr 9.84 at 15.3. Gary ... Gary Poyner garypoyner@... gp@... ...
I've updated the eclipse ephemeris for IY UMa on my web pages, thanks to new figures supplied by John Greaves from Steeghs et al, 2003 MNRAS 339, 810. The...
Please forgive me if this is not the appropriate place for this request. This weekend the AAVSO is coordinating a global CCD observing campaign of the CV BZ...
Seems active at minimum. 14.6 tonight. Paul _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN...
Apologies if you have already had this, but I can find no evidence of its being dispatched, and I may have wiped my first attempt. Although conditions last...
Michael Gainsford
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Apr 15, 2004 4:08 pm
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Herewith my observation undertaken just 6 minutes before Mike's: 14 Apr 0926GMAT Equal E 12.7 C8 To me it has faded slightly since the start of the...
John Toone
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Apr 15, 2004 8:25 pm
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Hi John/Mike I observed 3C -273 on the 12th April, and also estimated e=V =12.7 In reference to your BAA Journal article John, I observed using a 4.1" Mak/Cass...
Rob, It would seem that with your instrument comparison star F is not a significant factor because it is well separated from 3C 273. The problem arises more...
John Toone
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S50716+71 is continuing it's prolonged active state... Apr 4.86 13.0 6.88 13.0 8.99 13.3 12.93 12.8 19.99 12.9 21.94 12.7 regards, Gary ... Gary Poyner ...
I'm forwarding this recent message from Tonny Vanmunster (posted to vsnet-obs) for the benefit of those who don't subscribe to the VSNET lists. It looks very...
In response to Gary Poyner's message reporting Hazel McGee's detection of an outburst of the BAAVSS ROP star KV Dra, I recorded approx 3 hrs of V-filtered ...
The interesting eclipsing symbiotic star V1413 Aql is entering eclipse. My last two observations are... Apr 20.086 13.6 Seq. Henden May 18.035 14.8 ...
Hello There exist also AAVSO E and F charts created by Mike Simenson and released in February 2002 (Henden/Sumner CCD sequence) with comp stars down to 15.9...
New Henden/Sumner sequences are available for V426 Oph and NSV 2249.You can find them at: ftp://ftp.nofs.navy.mil/pub/outgoing/aah/sequence/sumner/ Note that...
A very rare outburst of the Recurrent Objects Programme star LL And has been detected by P. Schmeer on May 22.463 at mag 12.6CR with the University of Iowa...