There was a report on vsnet-alert a couple of weeks ago that the RCB Carbon star V381 Lac was at an all time maximum around mag 11.8 (V). It looked around mag 12.2 in the spectrograph guider unfiltered a couple of nights ago but this is a red star so could be unreliable. Does anyone have a current figure ?
Here is the spectrum
https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20221020_165412_477d1000c7eb27d2
Cheers
Robin