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THE ECLIPSE HAS BEGUN IN THE VISUAL according to La Plata observations (http://lilen.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/EtaCar/) I missed the maximum!!!!!!! ;-((( due to bad weather. It reached V= 4.96 (I don't know if these data is actually transformed to Johnson's V or of it's just instrumentl V mag.) on July 4 and now it's fading rapidly. This is completely consistent with my prediction of a minimum around July 11 for the infrared lightcurve. The star is fading rapidly in V, B and I now (The X-ray maximum was already reached on June 29). A first maximum was reached in the I band (around June 25), and, almost ten days after the I maximum, it finally reached a a peak in V around July 4.0. Thus, the V lightcurve looks steeper. The maximum is absent of my visual lightcurve due to a 12 day-period of clouds..... (...I can't remember being out of business for so long.. Of course it had to happen right now...) http://ar.geocities.com/varsao/Curva_Eta_Carinae.htm Although I thought it was going to be detected, I didnt think the V eclipse would be so sharp. Anyway, I don't think it goes further than 0.15 mag. Let's see!! Regards, Sebastian.
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