{"id":2401,"date":"2017-09-10T14:14:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T13:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popastro.com\/main_spa1\/variablestar\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2017-11-23T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T15:42:31","slug":"what-will-r-crb-do-next-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/variablestar\/2017\/09\/10\/what-will-r-crb-do-next-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What will R CrB do next ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reported in the news item of July 23rd, following its early 2017 pause, R CrB had been edging brighter during the late spring and early summer.<\/p>\n

Most observers saw this slow brightening continue into early August.<\/p>\n

After that, however, there are hints of a dip in brightness.<\/p>\n

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Not all observers reported this dip – some saw it more or less steady in brightness during August – but it is clear that the slow brightening has fizzled out – for now at least.<\/p>\n

R CrB does routinely show small amplitude brightness variations over intervals of 5-6 weeks that are independent of its dramatic fades and recoveries, but these usually amount to little more than a tenth of a magnitude.<\/p>\n

There is no way of knowing whether the recent dip is the start of a bigger fade, or just part of another temporary pause during its very (!) slow recovery back to maximum (which is around mag 6.0).<\/p>\n

You can continue to monitor the brightness changes of R CrB using this chart:<\/p>\n

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As reported in the news item of July 23rd, following its early 2017 pause, R CrB had been edging brighter during the late spring and early summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-variable-stars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t