[vsnet-alert 9859] HR Car Faint State

[Peter F Williams]

Good afternoon.

The SDOR star HR Car has shown a general decline since the maximum of 2000
November and appears to have shown a recent drop in brightness to be at its
faintest since October 1995.  Long term AAVSO visual light curve shows the
following general behaviour.

1988 December magnitude 9 at minimum
1991 July magnitude 7.5 at maximum
1995 October magnitude 9 at minimum
2000 November magnitude 7.3 at maximum
2008 January magnitude 9 at minimum

Recent visual observations:

CARHR    20071129.499    87    WPX
CARHR    20071214.475    88    WPX
CARHR    20071226.497    86    WPX
CARHR    20071230.517    86    WPX
CARHR    20080109.487    87    WPX
CARHR    20080122.438    88    WPX
CARHR    20080123.446    90    WPX
CARHR    20080127.717    91    WPX


Regards

Peter Williams
Heathcote NSW