[vsnet-chat 1048] Re: Some remarks

["Fraser Farrell" <fraserf@dove.net.au>]

Timo Kinnunen wrote:
> Back in 1976, in the very beginning of my observing career, I was
> *very* worried of my estimates, when R Leo exceeded the max magnitude given
> in the chart by wholly half a magnitude!

:-)

Reminds me of an excited phone call I got a few years ago from a
beginning observer - "I've just started looking at V Pav tonight and
it's exploded! I can see it in binoculars!"

I then explained that the catalogued maximum of 9.7 referred to a
_photographic_ magnitude.  And that V Pav can always be seen with 7x50
binoculars.

The GCVS can be quite misleading about this half of the sky! ;-)


cheers,
Fraser Farrell

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