Observation by Gary Poyner: OJ+287 2024

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Gary Poyner

Observer

Gary Poyner

Observed

2025 Jan 01 - 16:11

Uploaded

2025 Jan 01 - 16:28

Objects

Variable star
Lightcurve

Equipment

Slooh Tenerife and Chile CDK 17 (unfiltered)
OU COAST, Tenerife - CDK 17 (VBR)
Madrona Peak Observatory, Texas (VBR) AAVSOnet telescope
51cm Newtonian, Birmingham (Visual)

Target name

Binary Black Hole OJ+287

Title

OJ+287 2024

About this image

My 32nd year of monitoring this binary black hole object.

OJ faded from a relatively bright state of 14.8V in April 2024 to 16.5V by May 2024. The final observation before Solar conjunction (OJ is in the constellation Cancer) was made on June 28 at 16.1CV. OJ was recoved on September 9 (my earliest post conjunction observation) at 15.9CV, and has varied between 15.5V-16.5V for the remainder of the year - with a suspicion of some very short periodicity, especially when data from other observers is added (Martin Mobberley has also been following closely all year too). Who knows what 2025 will bring!

Files associated with this observation

OJ287_2024.gif (176.8 kB)

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