OJ+287 update

We have just had a communication from Dr. Mauri Valtonen. He
advises me that he has just received new data from USA observers,
which has improved the start date for the 2005 outburst (brought
it forward by two weeks). This has now resulted in a revised
date for the 2007 outburst - September 5th +/- 3 days.
Unfortunately this takes us closer to Solar Conjunction than
before, and will be a challenge so close to Sunrise.
It is however vital that we follow OJ into conjunction as late
as possible, and make every attempt to detect it in the morning
sky as early in September as we can.

Regards