The Star Analyser spectra were reduced in the usual way and finally normalised using a fit to the continuum.  The 2003 spectrum from the OHP ELODIE database was normalised in the same way and Gausian filtered to match the Star Analyser resolution for comparison.

At high resolution, the 2003 ELODIE spectrum shows emission features in the H alpha line (see below).  When filtered to simulate the resolution of the Star Analyser  spectrum however, the net effect is of a slight overal absorption centred at the H alpha wavelength.  By contrast, the two Star Analyser spectra recorded in September 2008 show a distinct emission feature at this position. This suggests that there may have been a significant increase in the strength of H alpha emission in this star since 2003. A higher resolution spectra would be required to investigate the detailed nature of the change but the star is too faint to measure this using the Three Hills Observatory LHIRES III spectrograph.