I think the current 'activity' is real. I have received observations from several observers who do not subscribe to any VSNET lists, and report variations in the order 6.1-6.6 on a nightly basis. As to whether it's a real fading is subject to discussion - and time! regards, Gary ------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Poyner garypoyner@blueyonder.co.uk gp@star.sr.bham.ac.uk http://vsnet.garypoyner.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/varstars.html "You can always tell a Brummie....but you can't tell him much"! -------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thorsten Lange" <tl@thola.de> To: "VSNET" <vsnet-chat@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Cc: <aavso-discussion@informer2.cis.McMaster.ca> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:44 AM Subject: [vsnet-chat 6731] R CrB > Hello, > > the 5-days-average of the VSNET observations of R CrB jumped from 6.0 in > June to 6.2 in July AFTER the mails about a possible faiding of this star. > My question is, if this fading is real or a result of the mailings: Are lots > of observers sending slightly darker observations because of the thinking, > there should be some fading, or because of real fading? > > Is there anybody who could verify the fading by non-visual observations? > > Thorsten Lange > > -- > Thorsten Lange > EMail tl@thola.de > http://thola.de/
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