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> I wonder why so often someone feels obliged to comment on my > reports ... I didn't make any difference about who sent this report when I replied to it. I just looked at vsnet and my own observations: 20030507.073 110 (Pavol A. Dubovsky) 20030507.251 112 (Robert J. Modic) 20030508.035 109 (Pavol A. Dubovsky) 20030509.044 112 (Pavol A. Dubovsky) 20030519.969 114 (Hazel McGee) 20030521.270 109 (Mike Simonsen) 20030522.303 111 (Robert J. Modic) 20030522.908 111 (Michel Verdenet) 20030525.060 112 (Gary Poyner) 20030525.942 112 (Eddy Muyllaert) 20030527.097 111 (Patrick Schmeer) Even a check on ASAS-3 data. RS Oph has been varying between 10.9 and 11. So don't feel I wanted to criticize or something like that. Just a comment on this star's behaviour. > Of course RS Oph is currently brighter than at minimum - > which is about 1 magnitude fainter. And this recurrent nova > is now even somewhat brighter than its average level at > quiescence (usually I observe it at around 11.5 mag). Well, in this case "Minimum" means "not in outburst"... And that minimum may be somwhat variable in this star. And for this same reason is taht finding it at 11.1 is not strange at all. > Speaking for myself only, when I see your name on a vsnet message I expect > it to relate to something of note, since you never report your nightly or > run-of-the-mill observations. Yes, I felt the same as Mike!!!! Well, don't get desperate and continue to monitor it. If we are lucky enough, ASAS-3 will not be observing the night RS Oph goes into outburst!!! ;-))) By the way, Mike, the ASAS-3 chart of RS Oph was already released some weeks ago.... But it will be mended if needed. Sebastian.
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