eta Car
According to J. Garcia, eta Car brightened (4.8mag) on January 3 (vsnet-campaign-sdor
1), and it was confirmed on January 4, 5, and 6 (vsnet-campaign-sdor
2, 3,
4).
S. Otero reported that his observations show no major brightening (vsnet-campaign-sdor
5), and hence that observations by J. Garcia showed the reported brightening
lasted just a few days (vsnet-campaign-sdor
6, 7).
The object remained calm after this possible active phase (vsnet-campaign-sdor
8, 9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
16).