[vsnet-outburst 11823] 3C454.3 bright outburst

[Taichi Kato]

   Forwarded message from cvnet-outburst.  If this magnitude was in V,
the outburst may be comparable to 2007 or 2004 ones.

From: "Emery" <emeryerdelyi at hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:46:18 -0000
Subject: [cvnet-outburst] BL Lac Object 3C454.3  brightened sharply

The BL Lac object 3C454.3 was measured at Vm 13.659 +/-0.013 on 2010/11/10. It appears to be at it's brightest in several years. Prior observation on 2010/10/31 by KSF shows 3C454.3 at Vm 14.98. 
Emery Erdelyi (EEY)
emeryerdelyi at hotmail.com

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