Saw the article in S&T about this and also at AAVSO site at http:// www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert367.shtml and then the link mentioned in the article: http://www.aavso.org/news/usco.shtml U Scorpii is expected to have a nova flare up from the white dwarf that is its companion as the white dwarf is pulling hydrogen from the companion and when it builds up after 10 +/- 2 years the white dwarf lets off a reaction to let go of the hydrogen its built up. So sometime in the next year according to Dr. Bradley E. Schaefer at LSU this should happen. When it does S&T points out that U Scorpii goes from a 17.6 magnitude star to around an 8 or 9 magnitude star. Once captured and reported, the pro's will focus their scopes here on earth and up above on it to record their data. So just wondering if anyone is monitoring this now that it looks like good weather might be coming around for while? Jay