Reply to [vsnet-alert 1256] (http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-alert/msg01256.html) J. Bortle wrote: > Data submitted to the AAVSO Circular, and the observations listed below made > by the undersigned, suggest a different behavior for KR Aur earlier in 1997 > than noted in vsnet-alert 1255. These data indicate that KR Aurigae's current > low state probably began prior to solar conjunction. Preconjunction observations reported to VSNET generally agree with your description, when disregarding four AFOEV observations, to which I referred on the 1997 April activity in [vsnet-alert 1255]. YYMMDD(UT) mag observer 961103.983 <139 (L. T. Jensen) 961109.107 148 (L. T. Jensen) 961113.644 <140 (H. Itoh) 961202.637 143 (H. Itoh) 961208.597 143 (H. Itoh) 961215.987 145 (L. T. Jensen) 961220.651 140 (H. Itoh) 970102.669 137 (H. Itoh) 970106.860 142 (L. T. Jensen) 970109.989 142 (L. T. Jensen) 970114.912 146 (L. T. Jensen) 970114.988 142 (L. T. Jensen) 970127.512 138 (H. Itoh) 970128.438 137 (N. Makiguchi) 970201.878 142 (L. T. Jensen) 970203.610 142 (H. Itoh) 970209.87 142 (AFOEV observations (via E. Schweitzer)) 970220.478 <132 (S. Takahashi) 970227.430 137 (S. Takahashi) 970227.84 142 (AFOEV observations (via E. Schweitzer)) 970301.310 138 (L. Szentasko) 970307.799 147 (L. T. Jensen) 970328.82 130 (AFOEV observations (via E. Schweitzer)) 970330.81 127 (AFOEV observations (via E. Schweitzer)) 970402.83 128 (AFOEV observations (via E. Schweitzer)) 970404.86 128 (M. Verdenet) 970410.508 <127 (H. Itoh) 970426.478 <132 (T. Watanabe) 970505.485 <127 (T. Watanabe) Best regards, Taichi Kato