------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1215 1997 Jul 22 06.40UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- RS OPHUICHI (Q1997/046) Gary Poyner, Birmingham, England has telephoned to report a brightening of RS Oph detected by himself and John Day of Leicester: 1997 July 18.951UT, 11.5 G.Poyner 0.40-m refl. 19.963, 11.4 Poyner 20.924, 11.2 J.Day 0.40-m refl. 21.911, 10.6 Day 21.925, 10.7 Poyner Guy M Hurst