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[vsnet-obs 5113] Southern Observations of 20 Feb 97



Last night with the apogee from Pretoria: after the moon had gone

Star              UT      Magn

CVs

V436 Cen   20.053   12.0
BI Cru       20.1      10.7
BP Cru     20.1       10.9
BV Cen    20.049   12.2
KX TrA   20.1       12.2:
V4074 Sgr  20.1    12.1
AR Pav     20.1     11.1
V4018 Sgr  20.1    11.7
FN Sgr     20.1     11.1               bright!   
RR Tel     20.1     11.0

RCBs

S Aps    20.0     11.4                 brightening?
RZ Nor   20.0    <12.3:
VZ Sgr   20.1     11.6                visible in the apogee, finally!
RS Tel   20.1     10.2   


Some comments: 

The BV Cen eruption seems to have come to an end. It lasted
about three weeks. The maximum brightness was around 11.4,
which is not as bright as on new years eve 1995-1996 when it
reached 10.7 during its previous outburst. 
BV Cen is classified as an irregular DN, so perhaps it will do some
more. I'll keep a telescope on it!

FN Sgr: this was my first observation of the season and the
brightest display of FN since I started to monitor it in Sep 95: my
previous observation was 11.3 on 31/10/96  

Best regards,

Berto Monard / MLF