Congratulations!! Robin's excellent work is recognised!

[Merlin66]

Robin Leadbeater has been monitoring the long period binary variable Eps Aur with his LHIRES spectroscope and has observed a redshift which indicates the start of the eclipse. The last such event was back in 982.
EPSILON AURIGAE
>     E. O. Waagen, AAVSO, writes that R. Leadbeater, Wigton, U.K., reported
> (via the AAVSO Discussion Group) the spectroscopic detection of the start
> of a predicted eclipse for the long-period binary star epsilon Aur.  The last
> eclipse was in 1982-1984.  A redshifted component in the K I 769.9-nm line
> has appeared in LHIRES III observations obtained on July 20.081 UT, offset by
> +15 km/s and with 62-mA equivalent width.  This emerging feature is
> uniquely associated with eclipse phases, wherein visual light declines by 0.75 mag
Well done Robin!!!

[alexthegreek]

Warm congrats Robin !!

[robin_astro]

Thanks guys 

More on the Sky and Telescope website
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/51804622.html

Cheers
Robin

[Nomis Elfactem]

Great work Robin - well done !

S.

[Atik Man]

Now that's what I call Astronomy 

Well done Robin !!

[robin_astro]

Thanks Rich  ,

What has been happening to the KI 7699 line since is pretty interesting so I wrote it up in a poster paper for the Leeds BAA meeting earlier this month.
http://www.threehillsobservatory.co.uk/astro/spectra_40a.htm

Cheers
Robin