SU UMa has been exhibiting unusual behaviour lately. It had a pretty bright short outburst to mag 11.8 on April 1st. Since April 3rd I have monitored it on 24...
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May 12, 2007 11:43 am
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Outburst: May 11.997 14.7C please note this is nearly 24 h ago (I only just checked the image). Jeremy Shears (SFY) Cheshire, UK ...
Outburst continues tonight: May 12.910 15.4C my most recent obs are: May 10.002 <17.1 May 11.997 14.7C May 12.910 15.4C This is my first positive detection...
I was able to carry out 135 mins of photometry on SDSSp J083845.23+491055.5 last night at the Bunbury Observatory. This shows a smooth hump-like feature of...
Jeremy- Thanks for the heads-up! I have been monitoring this star since Nov'06 and have not detected it in out burst. I will have clear skies tonight in New ...
I started coverage of this star at 03:45UT 14 April...and hope to get 3 hours data. If we can combine that with Steve's data, we might get a fairly long ...
I'm taking 60 second exposures on this star...cycle time is 67 seconds. I've looked at my first 18 or so frames. There is a 0.2 magnitude amplitude feature in...
Based on my 3+ hour run, I see only steady dimming, with no sign of obvious sumperhumps. I don't plan to cover this star again unless someone else has proof...
A recent AAVSO MyNewsFlash has AL Com to be in outburst on May 16.274 at 13.9 visual. Confirmation is urgently requested. regards, Gary ... Gary Poyner ...
I was hoping that someone might have an image taken with the BRT around the same time. Looks like this might be a false alarm. Thanks for the quick reply. ...
I also have an image of the field on May 16.128, which shows nothing unusal to a LM of ~17. Jeremy Shears (SFY) Cheshire, UK To: baavss-alert@yahoogroups.com;...
... This is one of the unfortunate side-effects of rapid notification; no checks of data are made before things like newsflash are run. For our professional...
Blazar PKS 1749+096 in outburst I like to report an outburst of blazar PKS 1749+096 = OT 081 = 4C 09.57 showing up to 14.11 m. 25-Apr-2007, 23h55 UT: 14.12 CV...
Ah, you misunderstood my comment. The observer had several "less than 13.9" submissions in the past - this current one is the first one without the "less...
Of course it's always a bonus to have a confirming observation early on (which is why we in the BAAVSS have a telephone alert system as well as an e-mail one -...
I have received the following report from Colin Henshaw on Y Cen ( 8.9-10.0pg, SRb, 180 days): I was out last night and I observed Y Centauri. I couldn't see...
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May 19, 2007 8:36 pm
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Hi John and Colin, I received a separate message from Colin on May 15 and have prepared a chart with V magnitudes from Simbad as follows. Listed here are...
Peter F Williams
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May 20, 2007 10:56 am
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... http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/cgi-asas/asas_lc/143059-3005.9 ASAS data show it to vary between V= 8.0 and 9.0. Cheers, Sebastian...
The ROP star V589 Her is in outburst: May 20.945 14.9C Jeremy Shears (SFY) Cheshire, UK _________________________________________________________________ Try...
Hello All Further to the below posting, I have again checked Y Cen using comparisons 81 and 87 and find the same result as earlier: CENY 20070521.466 84...
Peter F Williams
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May 21, 2007 9:01 pm
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Last night was particularly transparent here and I secured the following observation of Y Cen despite it being only 7 degrees above the horizon: 21 May 2007...
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May 22, 2007 7:43 pm
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Bernhard 01 is in outburst: May 22.908 13.9C SFY confirmed by Gary Poyner: May 22.920 13.6v PYG Jeremy Shears (SFY) Cheshire, UK ...
Correction, the date should be May 26:KX Aql May 26.013 14.1CJeremy Shears (SFY)Cheshire, UK _________________________________________________________________...
I performed 2 hours of photometry from May 26.013 this morning until dawn. Preliminary analysis shows that KX Aql was continuously brightening from 14.1 to...