I'd be interested in hearing if anyone who observes this star perceives the purple coloration noted by Wallerstein during the 1958 eruption.
From: Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> Recurrent nova RS Oph (Nova Oph 1933), normally a mag 11 object, has re-erupted for the first time since 1985 as a naked-eye object at ~mag 5
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Chuck, Is your '58 date dyslexia, a correction, or an unusuallly bright recurrence? --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd be interested in hearing if anyone who observes this star perceives the purple coloration noted by Wallerstein during the 1958 eruption.
From: Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> Recurrent nova RS Oph (Nova Oph 1933), normally a mag 11 object, has re-erupted for the first time since 1985 as a naked-eye object at ~mag 5
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--- Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Chuck, Is your '58 date dyslexia, a correction, or an unusuallly bright recurrence?
No dsylxeai -:). RS Oph previous outbursts include 1898, 1933, 1958, 1967, and 1985 (per the S&T article). Read Wallerstein's 1958 paper on the violet color during the 1958 eruption: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1958PASP...70..537W - Canopus56 (Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
--- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd be interested in hearing if anyone who observes this star perceives the purple coloration noted by Wallerstein during the 1958 eruption.
Things were pretty washed out by the near full Moon from the city this morning (and before the cloud cover blew in). With a quick bino look and through city light pollution I could not locate it sure. I suspect we'll have to wait to until the Moon passes Sag in about a week to get a good view. - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Hi All, Is anyone thinking about an astronomy expedition Friday night? I checked a couple of spots on the NWS web site (Castle Dale and Kanab) and both say it should be "mostly clear." Kanab will be a roasting 24 degrees, while Castle Dale's Friday night low is forecast at 9. Assuming our hideously expensive vehicle repairs are done by then, it might be fun. Also, if anyone cares, I was hasty in endorsing some hunters' coveralls I bought from K-Mart. It turned out that the "large" size, which really was about seven feet long, was far too small for me. It's not that I'm seven-three or anything. But the pants were really long while the torso was too short to force my way into. I had expected to rely on them when I went to Middle Sink, Cache County, on a story about the excessively cold temps that show up there sometimes and break records, but I just could not get them on. Instead, I had to rely on the clothing I was planning to wear beneath the coveralls. Fortunately, the inversion broke up and by the time we got there Middle Sink was only minus-10, not the minus 48 or minus 52 that was invisioned, and I was all right. I had no trouble returning the coveralls to K-Mart. But I don't recommend them because I believe the "large" is too small for a person of ordinary size, and they were out of "extra-large." -- Joe
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