Recurrent nova RS Oph (Nova Oph 1933), normally a mag 11 object, has re-erupted for the first time since 1985 as a naked-eye object at ~mag 5: AAVSO Notice 335 http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert335.shtml The eruption is expected to last through April. At 5:00 AM local time, I am showing it at about +20 degs alt: RS Oph J175014.40-064236.0 Az118.68 Alt+20.11 AAVSO finder charts are at: http://www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/searchcharts3.pl?name=RS%20OPH AAVSO wide-field A chart http://www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/shrinkwrap.pl?path=/charts/OPH/RS_OPH/RSOPH-A.G... See the related S&T article: http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/variablestars/article_1678_1.as... - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com