Thursday, August 31 (DOY 243):
The Titan 17 flyby, scheduled for September 7, is set for an altitude of
1,000 km. This flyby is at the relatively low latitude of 23 degrees, in the region where the Titan atmosphere model predicts a greater atmospheric density.
Event: Nova in Ophiuchus
Discovered By: Peter Williams, Heathcote, NSW, Australia
Discovery Magnitude: visual magnitude 10.5 (visual discovery)
Discovery Date: April 6.565 UT
SUBJECT: 2107+44 V2362 CYGNI = NOVA CYGNI 2006
Event: Nova in Cygnus
Discovered By: Hideo Nishimura, Miyawaki, Kakegawa, Japan (reported by S.
Nakano, Sumoto, Japan) (IAU Circular 8697)
Discovery Magnitude: photographic magnitude 10.5, T-Max 400 film (IAU
Circular 8697)
AAVSO ALERT NOTICE 336 (April 4, 2006)
Subject: CCD CAMPAIGN TO OBSERVE 1059+23 AH LEO
Coordinates: 11:05:05.30 +23:21:08.0 (2000.0)
AAVSO Council member Dr. Pamela Gay, Harvard University, has requested our
assistance in observing the RR Lyrae variable star AH Leo closely this spring
and early summer. She is studying the Blazhko cycle and other periodicities in
this star, and precise, well time-sampled observations are essential.
SUBJECTS: 1. RECURRENT NOVA 1744-06 RS OPHIUCHI IN OUTBURST
2. W VIR MONITORING WINDOW EXTENDED TO MID-APRIL
1. RECURRENT NOVA 1744-06 RS OPHIUCHI IN OUTBURST
