[vsnet-chat 7564] Re: Outbursting object in Centaurus

Mike Simonsen mikesimonsen at mindspring.com
Mon Jul 19 23:19:09 JST 2010


Sebastian Otero submitted a sequence and it has been uploaded to the
chart plotter DB so that AAVSO charts can be generated for this
object.

You can use VSX J115113.0-623729 or the AUID 000-BJV-901 to plot
charts and access the sequence data.

Regards,
-- 
Mike Simonsen
Vice President
American Association of Variable Star Observers
http://www.aavso.org/


On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Stockdales
<thestockdalefamily at bigpond.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I'm currently coming near to the end of doing 3hrs of time series on this
> object (30sec in V). I hope to work out the comp and post results tomorrow.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vsnet-chat-bounces at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
> [mailto:vsnet-chat-bounces at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp]On Behalf Of
> substellar at Safe-mail.net
> Sent: Monday, 19 July 2010 9:18 PM
> To: vsnet-chat at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
> Subject: [vsnet-chat 7562] Re: Outbursting object in Centaurus
>
> .......
> Apparently it's late in the season for this object, but anyone wanting to
> follow it might find it interesting.
>
> And just in case of any misunderstandings, you don't have mention me if you
> note it, you don't have to credit me with anything, just go out and enjoy
> the damn thing.  It'd be nice to know if it is what appears to be, is all.
> Having said that, I'll probably personally and privately refer to it as Nova
> Cen 2008 No. 2 until something comes along to show that's wrong.
>
> Potential missed novae candidates are rife in archival data, very few turn
> out to be real, a lot of sidetracking, process of elimination stuff, and
> some cul-de-sac investigations, have to be gone through before bothering to
> trouble folk with it.  Weigh the above information as you will before
> deciding to invest precious photon collecting time upon it.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>


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