Following an appeal via the BAA e-service I obtained a number of images of the field of this object taken over the preceding month or so, although in the end...
A report on VSnet by Kato-san states that Nakajima-san has detected superhumps in V1454 Cyg (including obs on Dec 1). This confirms a UGSU classification. ...
For completion I have taken a final low resolution spectrum of Var Cas 06 now it has returned to pre event brightness. (I have also rerun the data with...
You can pester me all you want ;-) I regularly photograph the night sky and back up my shots on disk, so as to have a historical library, I've really only...
Outburst: Dec 16.195 13.5C Best regards, Jeremy Shears (SFY) Cheshire, UK _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the...
This morning GK Per was definitely brighter than normal but not yet in full outburst. I suspected something was afoot on the 8th December but it fell back to...
EnootnhoJ@...
Dec 16, 2006 11:55 am
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I was able to observe this object for 2hrs using unfiltered CCD photometry on a 0.35m SCT before clouds intervened. It showed superhump-like modulations with...
Using Astrometrica and USNO-B1.0 I've obtained the following mean position (with std errors) from 5 of my images taken on 2006 Dec 17 between 18.42 and...
... "Engulfs its companion," eh? Certainly V838 Mon has gotten fainter, but swallowing its companion is pretty extreme wording. I think the more likely reason...
Hello observers, I observed AW Gem in outburst. GEM AW 061225.9306 Mg. 13.8 . 34 cms. Dobson f/4.5. AAVSO Chart f-2004 Good observations and clear skies ...
... Hello Des, the BAV scheduled the eclipse for 2nd Nov. for 22.35 UT, so your observation is right. We used the elements of J.M. Kreiner (2004), Acta...
Thorsten Lange
tl@...
Dec 26, 2006 10:22 am
1008
Visual magnitude estimate by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany: SERQZ 20061229.235 136 SPK Sequence: AAVSO (Henden and Sumner, V magnitudes) Instrument:...
Patrick Schmeer
pasc1312-aavso@...
Dec 29, 2006 6:58 am
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Well Esko Valtaoja's predicted outburst for early 2007 now looks like it won't happen. OJ287 has been fairly active since conjunction, with three well defined...
Bernhard 01 is in outburst: Jan 2.849 13.0C SFY (but seems to be flickering by ~0.1 mag) outburst conformed by Gary Poyner: Jan 2.859 12.9v PYG Best...
Hi Dietmar, Thank you for the information. I am inclined to think that at some point in 2006 the period of the RZ Cas system started decreasing rather than...
Visual magnitude estimate by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany: VIRQZ 20070110.028 109 SPK Sequence: AAVSO Instrument: 203-mm SCT First recorded outburst as QZ...
Patrick Schmeer
pasc1312-aavso@...
Jan 10, 2007 1:49 am
1015
Maybe a new nova?? Keith.. ... From: <aavso@...> To: <keithg1@...> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:14 PM Subject: AAVSO Special Notice #27:...
An ambition realised - daytime absolute photometry of a comet: Accurate photometry was performed on the afternoon of Jan 14 using Venus and Vega to calibrate...
I like to announce that quasar 3C 279 = Q 1253-055 is in bright state of 13.7-14.1 mv. 15-Dec-2006, 03h55 UT, 14.1 mv, 24" CG 27-Dec-2006, 04h50 UT, 14.0...
I can confirm Stefan's recent report that 3C 279 is in a bright state: 3 May 2006 2322GMT F(1)V(4)H 15.1 C14 22 Dec 2006 0549GMT S(3)V(2)F...
EnootnhoJ@...
Jan 21, 2007 9:52 am
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VSNET-ALERT 4767 also records 3C 279 as bright as 13.3 visual on May 03.889 2000 (Dubovsky). Indeed the 2000/ 2001 optical outburst turned out to be very...
I have received a telephone call from a UK based observer to say that EG Cnc is in outburst at visual magnitude 11.8 on the evening of Jan 25th. The AAVSO QL...