> I would like to point at an unfortunate situation regarding a > comparison star in the AAVSO sequence. It concerns the star indicated > as 56, which lies to the South West of V382 Vel. > In my binocular view of last night this star looks distinctly fainter > than the nova, while star 59 to the ENE looks brighter than the > nova... > I wonder if Rod Stubbings also used this comparison star... Berto, While observing V382 Vel last night (8th June) the nova was fainter than the 56 comparison star, I went to the 59 star and also noticed it was brighter than the 56. I have been using the 56 star, so if this star is fainter visually my estimates are going to be out. Regards Rod.