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I have occaisonally seen it in the mid-15's from my Honolulu location, under very good conditions, but usually need a dark sky site. I can see how some observers could be mis-identifying it. The 158 is close, and if its near ones limit, positioning it can be problematic. I would like to see them both to be sure I am identifying the correct star. If someone is using the d-chart, that could cause a problem because the 158 is not shown, and if one is unaware of it, could mistakenly identify that as SS in the mid-15's. Similarly, an inexperienced user of the c-chart could misidentify the 145 comp as SS for the one odd estimate in the 14's, since it isn't shown on that chart and the scale is so small in that area. Another possibility - There are several USNO 16th and 17th mag stars a few arc seconds away from SS, which could turn out to be variables and have brightened into the 15's! Aloha, Mike Linnolt (LMK) On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, taylor wrote: > I have seen SS sporadically recently ( prior to the current > lunation). Using the aavso e ch. where the 158 star was seen about 50% > T once it was seen fainter than the 158 star( 159 ) and several times > not at all. From experience with my scope I would have to agree with > Mike that the star values are about .2 mags too bright ( perhaps just a > little more in the 158 case). Will change over to the F ch. at the next > opp. That said the CCDV obs., in the AAVSO QL file by MTK,VWA, and GKA > obs. answered a curiosity about SS's capricious activity and why at > times it could not be seen. It would have been helpful to use, in > addition, the same faint comps. on the F ch. as those on the e ch. > >From the AAVSO light curve gen. there are numerous, <16M CCD > observations. Indeed there are multiple, <16M CCD observations over > several cycles, most likely indicating a precedence for this activity, > at least for users of the F ch. > > Dan Taylor. > > Gary Poyner wrote: > > >The problem isn't the magnitude, it's whether you can see it or > >not. Why do some observers with suitable aperture 'see' SS Aur > >whilst others (again with suitable aperture) do not? Is something > >going on with SS Aur itself, or is there an ID problem? > >
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