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AAVSO Newsletter Number 77 (July 2018) has been published and is online. AAVSO members may download a high- or low-resolution version from here. This issue will be available to non-members when the next issue (Number 78, October 2018) is published.

Note from Aril 2020: Ongoing coverage continues to be extremely important, with V and particularly B being given priority over Rc and Ic. As always, visual observations are requested and encouraged. - Elizabeth O. Waagen, April 6, 2020

Note from August 2019: Ongoing coverage is extremely important, with V and particularly B being given priority over Rc and Ic. As always, visual observations are requested and encouraged. - Elizabeth O. Waagen, August 28, 2019

July 2, 2018

Event: Nova in Scutum - N Sct 2018 = TCP J18292290-1430460

Discovered by: Yukio Sakurai (Mito, Japan)

Discovery magnitude: unfiltered CCD magnitude 10.3, on two frames using Nikon D7100 digital camera + 180-mm f/2.8 lens

Discovery date: 2018 June 29.5768 UT

Coordinates (2000.0): R.A. 18 29 22.93   Decl. -14 30 44.2  (from VSX)

The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers
Volume 46, Number 1, 2018

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Volume 46, Number 1, 2018

The May Solar Bulletin is now available. Please visit the Solar Bulletin web page to download your copy: https://www.aavso.org/solar-bulletin

The May SID Data report is available here: https://www.aavso.org/sid-database

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The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers
Volume 46, Number 1, 2018

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June 5, 2018

Event: Nova in Lupus - N Lup 2018 = PNV J15384000-4744500

Discovered by: Rob Kaufman (Bright, Victoria, Australia) at White Cliffs, NSW, Australia (via CBET 4520)

Discovery magnitude: 9.1 unfiltered CCD magnitude, object visible in 5 DSLR frames taken with 55mm lens (via CBET 4520)

Discovery date: 2018 June 03.4306 UT (via CBET 4520)

June 1, 2018: Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 635, the AMCVn binary SDSS J141118.31+481257.6 is rebrightening, and the expected superoutburst may be underway.