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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1272      1998 Feb 21 09.45UT
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
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OJ287
Gary Poyner, Birmingham, England reports that he has confirmed
that OJ287 has faded to a low state. Mark Kidger, Tenerife has
suggested that it would be useful if observers, especially
those with CCD equipment, could follow the object as deep as
possible.

Visual observations by Gary Poyner follow:

1997
Dec 03.065 UT  mv=15.4
    29.111        15.5
1998
Jan 01.056        15.5
    06.049        15.7
    19.946        16.1

The existing TA e-chart follows:
\\\\\\OJ 287    c          SV 085220 14.14V Var?
S,120,10,S
-C, 8.9150, 20.1167,2000
P,08h 52.0m  +20 18'  (1950)
O,53,62,12.7,16.0pg
-L,L,OJ 287
-T,BL Lac type
-S,TA930929
R,11.53,26,37,1
R,12.80,90,44,2
R,13.35,117,71,6
R,13.37,95,96,7
R,13.62,116,52,3
R,14.21,13,64,9
R,14.56,60,64,10
R,14.94,61,67,11
R,15.82,47,60,X,B
M,11,29,118
M,13,86,106,67,29,82,16,51,23
M,14,73,7,19,22,97,57,79,85
M,14,60,73
-L,L,SV 085220
M,14,74,87,37,5,91,2,70,2,93,12,26,6
M,14,75,89,67,84,2,47,45,95
M,15,21,84,118,87,110,26,66,10,18,77,84,22,36,77
M,15,87,23,77,70,103,32,107,79,21,23
E,42
////// Basic chart automatically generated by GSC2FIND ver 1.4

Guy M Hurst