Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Mar 14, 2006 2:31:22 GMT -6
Fellow Chicago Astronomers and Adler Crew...
Chicago Astronomer Al Degutis has notified the Chicago Astronomers membership that the binary star RS Ophiuchi has brightened and is visible to the naked eye...a first in 21 years! It's shining now at 5.5 mag, but the Moonlight may interfere with appreciation of the flare up, but this event has been anticipated for quite some time..
Check out Sky and Telescopes notation and details of this event.
skyandtelescope.com/printable/observing/objects/variablestars/article_1681.asp
The AAVSO has a pinpoint star chart of the area:
www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/shrinkwrap.pl?path=/charts/OPH/RS_OPH/RSOPH-A.GIF
Has any one been observing this brightening over the past week? It's a pre-dawn object, and my Southeastern skies are obstructed...so no-go for me.
Joseph Guzmán
The Chicago Astronomer
Administrator & Founder
www.chicagoastronomer.com
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"We are all in the Gutter, but some of us are looking at the Stars"
Oscar Wilde -1854-1900
Chicago Astronomer Al Degutis has notified the Chicago Astronomers membership that the binary star RS Ophiuchi has brightened and is visible to the naked eye...a first in 21 years! It's shining now at 5.5 mag, but the Moonlight may interfere with appreciation of the flare up, but this event has been anticipated for quite some time..
Check out Sky and Telescopes notation and details of this event.
skyandtelescope.com/printable/observing/objects/variablestars/article_1681.asp
The AAVSO has a pinpoint star chart of the area:
www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/shrinkwrap.pl?path=/charts/OPH/RS_OPH/RSOPH-A.GIF
Has any one been observing this brightening over the past week? It's a pre-dawn object, and my Southeastern skies are obstructed...so no-go for me.
Joseph Guzmán
The Chicago Astronomer
Administrator & Founder
www.chicagoastronomer.com
astronomer.proboards23.com
"We are all in the Gutter, but some of us are looking at the Stars"
Oscar Wilde -1854-1900