(fwd) V1494 Aql brightening again From: "Bjorn H. Granslo" <b.h.granslo@astro.uio.no> Subject: [vsnet-obs 26850] V1494 Aql - another brightening Norwegian Astronomical Society - Variable Star Section 1918+04 V1494 AQUILAE (Nova Aql 1999 No. 2) Visual observation from Tuesday morning: Object YYMMDD(UT) Mag Obs Instrum. Observation AQLV1494 000314.101 8.8 GRL C203;100x 6-1;7+1 [class 2] According to this observation the nova has again brightened. As already reported [vsnet-obs 26838], Birger Andresen estimated it to mv=9.6 on Mar 11.167 UT. Sequence: NAS.VSS, with V magnitudes from the Tycho-1 catalogue. GRL = B. H. Granslo (Fjellhamar, Norway). Instruments: 20.3-cm SCT (C203). Conditions: favourable, but low altitude. Kind regards, Bjorn H. Granslo