[Vsnet-alert 8426] Re: rho Cas brighter?

[Michael Koppelman]

I asked Dr. Roberta Humphreys about this:


On Jun 2, 2005, at 4:39 PM, Roberta Humphreys wrote:
> ...that is not an unusually bright mag
> for rho Cas. It is interesting if this star
> gets fainter.




On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:31 PM, Taichi Kato wrote:

>    According to the most recent observation by Erwin van Ballegoij,  
> the
> yellow hypergiant rho Cas seems to be atypically bright in recent  
> years
> (GCVS historical maximum 4.1).  Possibly related to recent mass- 
> loss episodes?
>
> CASrho     20050530.9597   4.4  BVE  naked eye
>