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  1. Quasars and blazars and black holes, oh my! http://bit.ly/3DB3Pz
  2. Z CamPaign Update Nov. 12, 2009 http://bit.ly/499fDX
  3. IAU Circular 9093 states the new nova in Scutum now has the GCVS name V496 Sct.
  4. In Cambridge getting things prepared for the meeting and tomorrow's council session.
  5. Woke up in the middle of the night and thought the brightly moonlit frost was a fresh coat of snow. I'm not mentally ready for snow...
  6. Putting the finishing touches on my Z Cam presentation for the paper session Saturday.
  7. 3C 66A, the farthest thing I can see in my telescope, 2 billion light years distant http://www.aavso.org/public...
  8. http://www.aavso.org/public... Alert notice--V1108 Her may be in outburst. Confirmation data sought.
  9. Busy uploading photometry files to the AAVSO chart plotter, working on reports for council, and my paper on Z Cams for the meeting next week
  10. Observations of epsilon Aurigae needed now! http://www.aavso.org/public...
  11. Imaging the spotty surface of Betelgeuse http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.4167
  12. Wake up Europe! Slacker Astronomy and coffee to start your day- http://bit.ly/2XJJhp
  13. New Slacker Astronomy Episode http://networkedblogs.com/p...
  14. Spent some quiet Saturday AM time updating sequences for the AAVSO variable star plotter. http://www.aavso.org/observ...
  15. Update on the historical fade of R CrB http://bit.ly/3KuKI
  16. Astronomers get time to observe TT Ari in X-rays during this rare fade. But if a GRB goes off their observation get bumped! Tense moments..
  17. Just in from the telescope. 30F clear moonless sky turned hazy and foggy. Blueberry pancakes sound good right now. Brrrrr...
  18. Deep fading event in the cataclysmic variable TT Arietis http://www.aavso.org/public...
  19. Space potty adventure on 365 Days of Astronomy http://bit.ly/bWqe2
  20. EG Cnc is in outburst. The last one was in 1996. Start taking data NOW! http://www.aavso.org/public...