Hi VSNET readers and observers, as promised herewith my present set of reference magnitudes for V382 Vel. They are the ones relevant to my recent observations and originate from Tycho 2. I have no access to GSC codes.. TYC2 / RA-DE / BT / VT / V-derived ((B-V)-derived) / Remark 1423 / 104424.0-522127 / 10.58 / 10.05 / 100 (0.5) / OK * 1225 / 104436.4-522050 / 11.35 / 10.86 / 108 (0.5) / OK! 23 / 104450.7-522856 / 12.10 / 10.62 / 105 (1.4) / too red, not OK! 1099 / 104525.9-522420 / 10.86 / 10.74 / 107 (0.1) / OK! 500 / 104550.4-523129 / 11.21 / 10.69 / 106 (0.5) / eclipser but OK mostly * this star is much brighter than the nova since quite some time now and not relevant anymore to (my) recent observations. However it is possible that other observers might see this one as the next brighter one to V382..?!? My remarks are personal opinions based on the nova being not red! I hope this sequence and the following discussion will sort out eventual discrepancies in reported observations of this bright nova. It deserves an accurate lightcurve. Note: In general I do 'speak' for myself based on own opinions. They have landed me in trouble before (and certainly will continue doing so in future...). Best regards from a sunny and wintery (?) Pretoria, Berto >>> Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> 07/04/00 10:07AM >>> V382 Vel For everyone's analysis, I list recent estimates of V382 Vel: YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer 20000429.116 104 (E. van Ballegoij) 20000429.473 102 (P. Williams) 20000430.488 102 (P. Williams) 20000502.589 103 (A. Pearce) 20000502.589 103 (A. Pearce) 20000503.569 103 (A. Pearce) 20000504.535 104 (A. Pearce) 20000505.556 104 (A. Pearce) 20000505.740 106 (B. Monard) 20000506.566 104 (A. Pearce) 20000507.428 105 (P. Williams) 20000507.490 103 (P. Williams) 20000507.541 104 (A. Pearce) 20000508.581 104 (A. Pearce) 20000510.699 107 (B. Monard) 20000511.470 103 (P. Williams) 20000511.548 105 (A. Pearce) 20000512.444 103 (P. Williams) 20000513.505 105 (A. Pearce) 20000513.680 108 (B. Monard) 20000517.550 103 (A. Pearce) 20000518.484 104 (A. Pearce) 20000518.522 104 (A. Pearce) 20000519.540 104 (A. Pearce) 20000521.493 103 (A. Pearce) 20000521.712 108 (B. Monard) 20000522.474 103 (A. Pearce) 20000522.516 103 (A. Pearce) 20000523.453 103 (A. Pearce) 20000524.432 103 (P. Williams) 20000524.541 103 (A. Pearce) 20000525.485 103 (A. Pearce) 20000526.456 103 (A. Pearce) 20000527.033 106 (E. van Ballegoij) 20000601.479 104 (A. Pearce) 20000602.465 102 (P. Williams) 20000603.730 108 (B. Monard) 20000604.040 109 (S. Otero) 20000605.456 104 (A. Pearce) 20000606.428 102 (P. Williams) 20000608.508 103 (A. Pearce) 20000611.496 103 (A. Pearce) 20000617.459 103 (A. Pearce) 20000622.690 108 (B. Monard) 20000626.685 108 (B. Monard) 20000627.519 104 (A. Pearce) 20000629.502 106 (A. Pearce) 20000630.017 110 (S. Otero) 20000701.701 109 (B. Monard)