[vsnet-obs 55847] The RXTE X-ray lightcurve of Eta Car through August 31

[Michael F. Corcoran]

The RXTE X-ray lightcurve of Eta Car through August 31 is available at

http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Michael.Corcoran/eta_car/etacar_rxte_lightcurve/index.html

for those of you who haven't seen Sebastian Otero's recent note:

At 5:52 PM -0300 9/10/06, Sebastian Otero wrote:
>Hi, all,
>Interesting rapid fading event in progress in eta Carinae. Will it 
>be just a S Dor phase?
>
>http://ar.geocities.com/varsao/Curva_Eta_Carinae.htm
>
>Although the light change is still small, it was noticed because it 
>took place only within a couple of weeks.
>Probably nothing really important, but I thought it was worth commenting.
>
>OALP observations confirmed that the fading had already started 10 days ago.
>
>Best wishes,
>Sebastian.

No X-ray drop through 8/31 - in fact it almost is dead on the level 
from the previous cycle

cheers

Mike
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