[Aavso-photometry] Epsilon Aurigae Notice

[Jeff Hopkins]

Dear Colleagues,

After nine continuous nights of poor observing weather I have gotten 
good photometric data last night. Epsilon Aurigae is still near its 
brightest.

A summary of this season's (late summer 2007 through last night - 64 
nights) data:

V Filter      (26 Feb 2008 V= 2.9847)
Max  16 February 2008   V= 2.9826
Min   23 November 2007  V=3.0996
                             Change = 0.1167

B Filter      (26 Feb 2008 B= 3.5407)
Max  12 February 2008   B= 3.5480
Min   03 December 2007  B=3.6864
                             Change = 0.1384

U Filter      (26 Feb 2008 U= 3.6781)
Max  01 November 2007  U= 3.6501
Min   02 December 2007  U=3.8351
                             Change = 0.1850

The star system's variations seem to have stopped during the past 
three weeks. The system has been holding brighter than V= 3.00 since 
06 February 2008. Is this the quiet before the storm?

The Campaign's Newsletters, issues #1 through #4 are now on the 
Campaign's web site in .pdf format. See: 
http://www.hposoft.com/Campaign09.html

Clear skies!

Jeff

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Jeff Hopkins
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Counting Photons
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