V854 Cen
In January 2002, the object began brightening from the faint state (vsnet-campaign-rcb
10). The rising rate became gradual when it reached at 8mag in mid-February
(vsnet-campaign-rcb
14, 16,
17).
From April to October, the object was on the maximum at about 7.2mag. The
duration of maximum was relatively long compared with that in 2001 (vsnet-campaign-rcb
24, 73).
A new fading was reported by S. Otero in October (vsnet-campaign-rcb
74). The object further faded to <9.0 mag, as reported by P. Williams
on October 16 (vsnet-campaign-rcb
78).