UY Aur faint

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Sat, 12/11/2021 - 01:04

UY Aur is the faintest I have seen it, obs made tonight (2459559.4625) put it at <14.3, the faintest comp on my chart. UY Aur lies in a region of high obscuration and is interesting because it is a binary, both members being surrounded by their individual CS discs but also there is a circumbinary disc as well!

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UY AUR

That’s cool! I have weather here tonight, but hopefully I can catch it tomorrow night!

 

PKT

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Remarkable Behavior

I missed the fade, but was surprised to find UY AUR at an even higher magnitude on the rebound: TG 11.795 on December 12

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UY Aur

UY is fading back a little, I measured it at mag 12.216V  on the 13th Dec.