2004IAUC.8396....3A

C. Aspin, Gemini Observatory; and B. Reipurth, University of Hawaii, report that an acquisition-camera image, obtained in morning twilight on Aug. 29 UT through an R-band filter at the Gemini 8-m telescope on Mauna Kea, shows that V1647 Ori (cf. IAUC 8284, 8354) – now emerging from conjunction with the sun – continues to be in its elevated state, and that McNeil's nebula remains bright. The duration of the outburst so far exceeds nine months.