[vsnet-campaign-v838mon 288] V838 Mon fading (Clay Sherrod)

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 05:56:23 -0600
From: "Clay Sherrod" <sherrodc@ipa.net>
Subject: v838 now beginning to fade 

It appears from this past few days' observations that v838 mon has indeed
finally begun a systematic fading.  It was down yesterday (March 13) and
even further so last night (March 14).  Details are:

Date/Time:  2002 03 14 / 02:10:00
Telescope:  0.31m SCT @ f/3.0
Camera:  CCD SBIG-STV rs237
(resolution stats:  638 x 398 @ 7.4microns)
MAGNITUDE V = 7.94

Confirmed visually via 102mm APO at visual = 8.0

Clay
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Dr. P. Clay Sherrod
sherrodc@ipa.net
Arkansas Sky Observatory
www.arksky.org

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