X CrB Approaching Maximum

Time & Date: 3h 30m, 7/7/2009 UT
Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6
Camera: Meade DSI Pro II
Filter: Schuler V Photometric
Exposure: 35x2.5sec, saved as FITS
Guide scope: None
Software: Envisage, Autostar Suite Image Processing, Photoshop Elements

For a while it looked like X CrB was going to come up a tad short of its usual maximum brightness on this cycle, but it kept on brightening and now it appears it will reach its normal maximum at about magnitude 8.5 in the next week or so..

-John

X CrB 3h 30m, 7/7/2009 UT