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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1551      2000 Aug 09 18.40UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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V725 AQUILAE (Q2000/281)
Gary Poyner relayes that Mike Simonsen of Macombe, MI, USA has
detected an outburst of V725 Aquilae on 2000 Aug 8.164UT at visual
magnitude 14.3 using the AAVSO sequence.

The star, which is on the recurrent objects programme, was checked
by Chris Jones who confirmed it was at 14.3v on Aug 8.8931UT and
also by Gary Poyner who recorded it at 14.4 on Aug 8.923UT.

Additionally Martin Mobberley recorded the star as bright on
August 8 (22.02-22.03UT) using the 0.44-m Newtonian + MX916 CCD.

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Guy M Hurst