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What a difference a week can make!

Seems like epsilon Aurigae has decided to take the plunge this week, dropping to an estimated 3.14 mag visual as of Friday morning 9/11/09 Denver time - down by nearly 0.1 mag in just under a week.  Fast phase may have arrived early - keep watching!
Robin LEadbeater has posted an excellent summary of his spectroscopic monitoring in the form of a poster presented at a recent BAA meeting:
http://www.threehillsobservatory.co.uk/astro/spectra_40a.htm
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Posted by Dr.Bob on September 11, 2009 - 10:34pm

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