Monthly Archives: August 2014

V0446 Vul

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Gustav Holmberg

The variability of this star was discovered by Lennart Dahlmark in a photographic patrol programme, using plates exposed from 1967 and onwards. It was announced in a publication in 2001.1 Two years later it got the official designation V446 Vul. … Continue reading →

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C/2014 E2 (Jacques)

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Gustav Holmberg

I observed C/2014 E2 (Jacques) with 15×70 binoculars tonight. Magnitude was estimated to be 7.0, using the Sidgwick method and an AAVSO sequence of comparison stars for the nearby V0465 Cas, coma diameter 6′. The observation has been reported to … Continue reading →

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BRT queue

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Gustav Holmberg

Four days later, and still no images from BRT. No big deal, but the queue seems to be rather long. Update 25 August: a week after registration, the first four images came through. Quite good tempo, I think. Update nr … Continue reading →

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Bradford Robotic Telescope

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Gustav Holmberg

I like the BRT, when there’s no trailing the images are deep and I can measure down to the 16th magnitude or so. The major drawback is, I would say, that the telescope is severely oversubscribed. I’ve been off BRT … Continue reading →

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LD 323

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Gustav Holmberg

LD 323 is one of the Lennart Dahlmark variables that so far has not made it into the GCVS namelists; and lacking an official name we will have to keep calling it LD 323 for some time. I have observed … Continue reading →

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