Gary Poyner

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  • in reply to: UZ Boo #624227
    Gary Poyner
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    Paul,

    Whatever suits you really. The outbursts are so rare that t/s is always welcomed, but if your busy on another project then stick with that.

    Gary

    in reply to: UZ Boo #624219
    Gary Poyner
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    Thanks both.

    Heavy cloud here in Birmingham, but just secured an image using SLOOH in Tenerife. A quick look at the live view matches your mid 12 estimates. I won’t get the fits file until mid morning tomorrow.

    Keep going if you can.

    Gary

    in reply to: UZ Boo #624200
    Gary Poyner
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    They never stop, do they Jeremy! Thank goodness!

    Gary

    in reply to: UV Per #624181
    Gary Poyner
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    Good work Ian. So, no superoutburst then. Oh well. Wouldn’t be much fun if we could predict them.

    Gary

    in reply to: Nova Vul 2024 #624041
    Gary Poyner
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    This Nova now has the offical designation V615 Vul.

    I’ve asked Andy to add this to the DB, in addition to N Vul 2024 and PNV J19430751+2100204.

    Gary

    in reply to: UV Per #624007
    Gary Poyner
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    Good work Ian and Magnus. Amplitude still quite large! I wonder if this will re-brighten?

    Is this data merged with the 16.3V companion, or has that been extracted? Just curious.

    Gary

    in reply to: Nova Vul 2024 #624006
    Gary Poyner
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    I had a short break in clouds last night – 31st (before torrential rain and storms), and made a visual estimate of 10.2 with a 22cm. Might not be my best estimate, as struggling with Covid – and feeling pretty sorry for myself.

    Gary

    in reply to: UV Per #623923
    Gary Poyner
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    Thank you both Mike and Ian.

    That’s an interesting time series Ian. Quite an amplitude of variation during that rapid fade. Don’t have much to compare it with though, so we’ll have to see what happens. The duration of the outburst points to a normal one, but as I mentioned above, this might be a precursor – so if you can, please keep your (digital) eye on it during the next week if possible.

    Lovely day here yesterday, but low cloud came over as darkness fell, so only a CCD measure from me…

    July 30.0861 16.522C (Slooh 2)

    Cheers,
    Gary

    in reply to: UV Per #623912
    Gary Poyner
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    Mike,

    It was fainter this morning – visual 13.7 on July 29.076. The Slooh image this morning measured at 14.012C on July 29.1063

    Here is a cropped gif from the Slooh image you requested.

    The quick fade probably suggests a normal outburst, but it might also be a precursor to a superoutburst. UV Per did this many years ago and caught everyone on the hop.

    Gary

    in reply to: Preparing for the next eruption of T CrB #623815
    Gary Poyner
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    Steve,

    You’ll probably find Jeremy Shears article in VSS Circular 200 of interest, as it contains this snippet from the Times and a whole lot more…

    https://britastro.org/vss/VSSC200.pdf#page=8

    Gary

    in reply to: Wil Tirion, 1943–2024 #623760
    Gary Poyner
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    Martin Mobberley inform me that Wil Tirion attened Winchester in 1989. I knew he’d know!

    Gary

    in reply to: Wil Tirion, 1943–2024 #623759
    Gary Poyner
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    Very sad news indeed.

    He gave a wonderful talk at the Winchester weekend many years ago (Alfred Curtis lecture) when it was held at King Alfreds college. As a modest collector of star atlases, I was enthralled.

    Gary

    in reply to: New dwarf nova in Cygnus – observations requested #623578
    Gary Poyner
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    I measured it at the same magnitude 16.738C one minute after you Stewart (mine was the next job after you in the queue).

    Gary

    in reply to: T CrB and 2 Pallas #623546
    Gary Poyner
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    I’ve been following this visually and remotely for a while now.

    Image below is from last night (June 24.95 UT), and is a truncated image taken with SLOOH Canary 2 Ultra Wide field 85mm Teleview riding on the main telescope.

    Unfiltered magnitude 9.4CV using the BAA T CrB sequence.

    Gary

    in reply to: T CrB and 2 Pallas #623518
    Gary Poyner
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    Thanks Peter. Glad you caught it.

    Gary

    in reply to: T CrB and 2 Pallas #623515
    Gary Poyner
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    Well done Lars. I wondered if anyone would have a try.

    Clear here until dusk, then cloud rolled in just as I was about to open observatory. Typical!

    Gary

    in reply to: SS Cyg – Is outburst starting? #623134
    Gary Poyner
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    Cloudy here this evening, but looks like SS Cyg is at mag 10.1V according to latest from AAVSO – so in outburst!

    Gary

    in reply to: SS Cyg – Is outburst starting? #623131
    Gary Poyner
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    Well it was certainly a little brighter this morning visually, so the next 24-48 hrs will tell. It’s approached magnitude 11.0 a few times since the April outburst and returned to it’s normal state, so it’s anybodys guess what will happen next.

    Gary

    in reply to: Wow! What an auroral display! #622826
    Gary Poyner
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    North Birmingham treated to a fantastic auroral display this evening.

    Photo is a 3 second hand held with iPhone.

    Gary

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    in reply to: Is ANYONE getting clear nights any more? #622800
    Gary Poyner
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    I have a weather Owl. It’s been mentioned on this forum before, so I won’t post a photo of it again. It remains more successful than the BBC/Met office forecasts.

    Gary

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