Hello, one and all.
I have been checking up on the Scientific Amateur Astronomy Forum on
www.cloudynights.com
that the variable star RW Cephei has become fainter than normal.
Maybe it's having a Betelgeuse style of fading.
The star is a giant or supergiant star.
Its spectral class varies from G8 to M2.
That means that the star can be a yellow or even a red star.
Right now it's probably an orange star.
The magnitude varies from +6 down to +7.6 officially.
One observer on
www.aavso.org
is giving it +7.8.
Tomorrow (Sunday) might be a clear night.
But my only problem might be that RW Cephei too high for my Berlebach Planet altazimuth mount.
I might have to wait a few hours before the star descends.
.......and it is still so cold.
Clear skies from Aubrey.
