------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1344 1998 Oct 14 21.02UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- V635 CAS Gary Poyner, Birmingham, England has reported a brightening of V635 Cas, the optical component of an X-ray source and to which he referred during the talk given at the AGM in Birmingham. At our request, confirmation has been received from Tonny Vanmunster (Belgium) and Tom Boles (Wellingborough, England). Available observations: 1998 Oct 03.073UT, 15.4v (Poyner 0.40-m reflector) 09.047 , 15.2v (Poyner) 09.929 , 15.3v (Poyner) 11.851 , 14.3v (Poyner) 11.881 , 14.6 (Vanmunster, 0.25-m SCT +CCD unfiltered) 11.910 , 14.5v (Poyner) 12.053 , 14.8v (Poyner) 12.083 , 14.7v (Poyner) 14.805 , 14.7 (Boles, 0.26-m SCT +CCD unfiltered) Guy M Hurst