Hi, I was able to find this object from my backyard in Chandler with an 8" SCT. The magnitude was ~10. There are several stars of similar magnitude in the area. A chart printed from The Sky and a print out of the DSS image of that area made the task simple enough. Thanks, Joe, for the alert. Clear skies, Mark On Fri, 11 January 2002, Joe Macke wrote: > > > I don't know how much of this will get through the mail server, but > with the number of folks going out this weekend, I though you might > be interested in this: > > > The following was issued January 10, 2002: > > THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS > 25 Birch Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA > INTERNET: aavso@xxxxxxxxx > Tel. 617-354-0484 Fax 617-354-0665 > > AAVSO ALERT NOTICE 292 (January 10, 2002) > > 0659-03 PECULIAR VARIABLE IN MONOCEROS (VAR MON 02) > Visit our web site at: http://www.geocities.com/mark_and_karry Find the best deals on the web at AltaVista Shopping! http://www.shopping.altavista.com --- This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. If you wish to be removed from this list, send E-mail to: AZ-Observing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, with the subject: unsubscribe. The list's archive is at: //www.freelists.org/archives/az-observing This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal messages. Thanks.