R CrB for binos & small'scope

[SilverAstro]

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/285432-r-crb-as-well/

whilst I was not paying attention it rises to mag8 !

Edited January 15, 2017 by SilverAstro

[DHEB]

Wow! That's definitely a star in my observation plan! Thanks for the reminder!

[SilverAstro]

Sad to report that R CrB was a no-show last night in my 10x50

I had high hopes, a good sky, NE on all the main stars of U.Min so must have been NELM ~5.5 ? unusual for the UK these days.

'Twas  not to be, I had trouble getting mag7 low in the east, so I think I can say that R CrB has not yet done anythings spectacular over and above the mag8 previously reported at AAVSO !

Edited January 19, 2017 by SilverAstro

[SilverAstro]

Another superb, even better'n'colder, sky in the SW.

LM 7.4 in 10x50, still no R CrB !

EDIT, brief look later : yea ! hello R CrB, it has been a long time  , ,   comparison 7.4 now easy at 4:10am(local) and R CrB is a little averted. Shall we say approx 7.6 ( but that comparison one is a little more distant and I'm no expert)

time for bed, thanks for your company.  brrrr

 

Edited January 20, 2017 by SilverAstro

[SilverAstro]

On 1/20/2017 at 03:11, SilverAstro said:

Another superb, even better'n'colder, sky in the SW.
LM 7.4 in 10x50, still no R CrB !
EDIT, brief look later : yea ! hello R CrB, it has been a long time  :), ,   comparison 7.4 now easy at 4:10am(local) and R CrB is a little averted. Shall we say approx 7.6 ( but that comparison one is a little more distant and I'm no expert)

Bump!

And, just a little while later (!) a quick peek at 3:45 local, it continues to rise !,, a bit poor haze in the sky, not remarkably transparent so didnt want to make a mag. estimate ( but it was considerably brighter than HIP 77373) so no reason to doubt the estimates in AAVSO which have it just less than mag6. - Approaching its  historical ( been following this'un since the '60s!) mag5.8 ish give/take.

I do like things that change in the night sky, this one used to dim some times (infrequenty)  and the game was to catch it when low, now it is havin'a'larf

 

Edited February 23, 2018 by SilverAstro