Taichi wrote: <alpha Cyg fainter? We have received reports from different observers that alpha Cyg (Deneb) looks slightly fainter than usual. Could someone confirm? Regards, Taichi Kato> Taichi: I cannot confirm the possible fading of alpha Cyg. I visually compared alpha Cyg to Vega, Altair, and gam Cyg. I estimate alpha Cyg at V=1.3 on 05/09/2003 10:00UT using these comparison stars. SIMBAD gives V=1.25 for alpha Cyg. Regards, Doug West
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