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[vsnet-obs 5395] OY Car and southern variables




G'day all,


My OY Car observations for March 31 UT, through holes in cloud:

OY Car     14:27:50   12.5
           14:28:25   12.5
           14:29:50   12.4
           14:31:40   12.5
           14:33:00   12.4
           14:35:15   12.5
           15:04:10   12.5
           15:07:05   12.5
Times to nearest 5 seconds.  I suspect that this superoutburst is nearly
over...


Some other observations for March 31 UT:

S Aps             15:12      10.3
VY CMa            14:13       8.0
AG Car            15:35       6.7
Eta Car           15:34       5.6
RU Cen            15:00       9.3
UW Cen            14:37     <12.2
V854 Cen          14:50       7.6
BI Cru            14:21      10.5
BP Cru            14:22      10.6
S Dor             14:11       9.5
BO Mus            15:41       6.0
AR Pav            15:24      11.7  eclipse in progress
RY Sgr            18:57       6.4
LR Sco            19:26      10.4
R Sct             19:34       4.9  maximum
X TrA             15:44       6.7  faint episode continues...
Sakurai's object  19:09     <11.5  interference from nearby Moon


Also saw Ganymede almost occult Callisto, a lot of bright sporadic
meteors, and spent a couple of hours sightseeing along the Milky Way.
Not a bad night despite erratic cloud cover.

Southern observers are encouraged to monitor the AR Pav eclipse (mid
eclipse ~April 20).  I know it's on the horizon for the first half of
the night; but during the next one AR Pav is on the horizon _all_ night.




cheers,
Fraser Farrell

http://vsnet.dove.net.au/~fraserf/   email: fraserf@dove.net.au
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