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Originally Posted by Pierre_C
It seems slightly dimmer to me tonight at visual magnitude 5.7, 16:43hrs AEST (08:43 UTC) Sunday 22 June 2025, Melbourne. It seems closer in brightlness to the mag 5.8 reference star nearby than the mag 5.4 reference star on the other side of delta Lupi. There is some thin cloud where I am observing.
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Had another look at V462 and I would agree with your estimate tonight, it looked just marginally brighter than HUB12 , which is also listed as variable, between mag. 5.75 / 5.81, so still about 5.6 / 5.7 mag. Observed under clear steady Bortal 5 skies.