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Peter wrote: > My two recent observations (between our summer clouds and thick smoke from > the bush fires currently surrounding Sydney) do not suggest any brightening > of Eta Car : > > STAR YYMMDD(UT) MAG OBSERVER > > CAReta 20011224.488 52 WPX > CAReta 20020103.511 52 WPX And I can confirm his observations. No supernova 2002 yet... Eta Carinae is quite and continues a very slowly fading trend after its recent maximum. Recent observations already reported: CAReta 20011122.228 52 OSE CAReta 20011205.200 52 OSE CAReta 20011215.226 53 OSE CAReta 20011218.226 53 OSE CAReta 20011223.210 53 OSE CAReta 20011225.183 53 OSE CAReta 20011226.174 53 OSE CAReta 20020102.199 53 OSE And tonight: CAReta 20020107.134 53 OSE I use to be 0.1 fainter than PEP(V) for this one, so Peter may be pretty right. It is a very difficult object and what is important here is to find every observer's response to eta's light. Probably Jaime, Fraser and Andrew observe it half a magnitude brighter than us but if they keep observing they won't see any change. That's the main thing. Cheers, Sebastian. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://vsnet.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.303 / Virus Database: 164 - Release Date: 24/11/01
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