So far this week...

It has been busy this week, firstly RS Oph had brightened significantly around the end of July, thanks to John Toone for the info and then a major Nova event on the 8th August when Japanese astronomer Hiroshi Abe discovered Nova Vul 2007 which appeared literally from nowhere to a magnitude of 9.4. It then started to fade back to mag 10.
But today I noticed Martin Nicholson has reported that observations from New Mexico are reporting an increase to mag 8.5 then a recession back to ma g9.3, this is certainly an interesting one. Robin Leadbetter who I had the good fortune to meet via the BAA at Northampton has actioned some spectroscopy on this star and I will obtain a copy from Robin and post the contents.

Regards