Does anybody know of a website with info on the upcoming magnitude for stars like Algol or Mira? Something like Heavens-Above, so you would know when to look for eclipses of Algol, for example? I've done some searches and couldn't find any, but it seems like this would be of interest to enough people that somebody would have put something together.

Sky and Telescope has a page for Algol
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...t/3304096.html

Mira isn't a clock. It can run early or late so can't be predicted like Algol. It average about 332 days. See http://seds.org/~spider/spider/Vars/mira.html for approximate dates for the next 7 maximums.

Rick

You might want to consider joining the AAVSO ! Info here:

http://www.aavso.org/

Good luck ! Jim

Thanks very much! I've bookmarked all 3 sites and am excited to be able to check out both of these stars very soon!