[vsnet-alert 12461] V651 Mon: fading episode

[Taichi Kato]

V651 Mon: fading episode

   Rod Stubbings has reported a fading episode of this binary central
star of the planetary nebula NGC 2346.  In 2008 November, the object
reached a minimum of 12.0 (Stubbings).  The object seems to exhibit
small-scale fading episodes more frequently than believed.

  YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  20101001.844   111  (Hiroyuki Maehara)
  20101002.669   112  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101009.683   114  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101011.655   114  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101101.581   112  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101102.858   109  (Hiroyuki Maehara)
  20101110.583   114  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101118.732   114  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101202.508   118  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101202.523   116  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101202.553   114  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101203.601   116  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101203.644   116  (Rod Stubbings)
  20101204.628   116  (Rod Stubbings)