Dear colleagues, A very quick message (I leave on holiday in a few hours) to inform you that subsequent observations of OT_J021110.2+171624 by CBA observer...
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Mike Simonsen
mikesimonsen
Feb 1, 2008 5:27 pm
Is Z Aps actually a CV? GCVS lists it as UGZ, Downes calls it non-cv. VSX is no help since it merely contains both contradictory entries. Mike Simonsen...
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Tonny Vanmunster
tonnyvanmunster
Feb 1, 2008 5:27 pm
Dear colleagues, There's definitely a new object at the below reported position. I just collected a few CCD images (Jan 30.83 UT) and the optical transient is ...
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Sebastian Otero
varsao
Feb 1, 2008 6:22 pm
... Nop. ... Always look by coordinates. That way you'll get the ASAS entry which is right and shows it is a pulsating variable. Forwarded message from...
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Denis Denisenko
dendarahden
Feb 1, 2008 6:38 pm
Hello Mike and all! ... Actually not. Reasons: 1) Light curve is too good to be cataclysmic. See the phased curve from 1360 days of ASAS data:...
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Mike Simonsen
mikesimonsen
Feb 1, 2008 6:48 pm
Thank you, Sebastian and Denis. The same message regarding Z Aps being in outburst that got through to baavss-alert landed here on the CVnet moderator's desk,...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
Feb 2, 2008 12:48 am
Another outburst of this object has been observed on October 30, 2007 by the Catalina Sky Survey (see ...
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Tom Krajci
tom_krajci
Feb 2, 2008 1:36 am
I've started a time-series, 30-second exposures, on this target. I should be able to get 4 hours coverage...weather looks good for the evening. ... Tom Krajci...
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Sebastian Otero
varsao
Feb 3, 2008 6:29 am
... The star is ASAS 041109-5911.3 and has 10 outbursts recorded in ASAS data: http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/cgi-gp/asas_variable/041109-5911.3,asas3,0,0,600,300,0...
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Pierre de Ponthiere
de_ponth
Feb 8, 2008 2:56 pm
... From: Pierre de Ponthiere <pierredeponthiere@...> Date: Feb 8, 2008 3:54 PM Subject: Re: (cba:chat) AAVSO Special Notice #96: VSX ...
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Jeremy Shears
jshears2001
Feb 16, 2008 10:11 pm
Does anyone have any info on this star, e.g. brightness range? Tonight is the first time I have observed it and it looks to be 15.0C (Feb 16.904). Jeremy...
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Mike Simonsen
mikesimonsen
Feb 16, 2008 10:25 pm
... Tonight is the first time I have observed it and it looks to be 15.0C (Feb 16.904). ... This was originally Mis-ID as a QSO by SDSS, detected by ROTSE in ...
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Jeremy Shears
jshears2001
Feb 16, 2008 10:54 pm
Thanks Mike. This is not a field with which I am familiar, so confirmation would be good. Jeremy To: cvnet-discussion@...:...
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Tim Crawford
tcarchcape
Feb 19, 2008 7:44 pm
VSX J074727.6+065050 This is a very interesting DN, UGSU (SU Uma type) possibly subtype WZ-Sge, that is in need of more observations to determine it’s...
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cnj999
Mar 9, 2008 10:28 am
Anyone else experience problems yet trying to enter observations of this new object in WebObs? As of this morning, the system doesn't seem to recognize the...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
Mar 29, 2008 8:08 pm
The eclipsing UGSU star OU Vir is in outburst: <http://nesssi.cacr.caltech.edu/catalina/20080329/803290010784136859.html>. Patrick ...
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Mike Simonsen
mikesimonsen
Apr 3, 2008 7:24 pm
One of the investigators from CSS has agreed to forward information on newly discovered CVs, 16th magnitude or brighter, to CVnet. He'll either post them...
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Andrew Drake
ajd@...
Apr 6, 2008 7:46 am
Hi, Here is another likely CV: CSS080405:161851-052509: 2008-04-05 observed unfiltered mag ~16.1 Fainter than ~19.5 on 2008-03-30. PQ/DSS mags ~21. RA=...
No outbursts have been recorded for this object on NEAT (http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/skymorph/obs.html) or USNO (http://www.nofs.navy.mil/data/fchpix/)...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Apr 12, 2008 3:42 pm
Hi....here is an image of the new nova in Cygnus and some data from last night; north is UP in this image, field is 12' x 7', 0.5m SCT at f/3.3, 3 second...
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Boris.Gaensicke@...
Apr 15, 2008 8:33 pm
Dear All, We would like to invite you to take part in a concentrated campaign on the eclipsing novalike DW UMa. DW UMa is a founding member of the enigmatic SW...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
Apr 16, 2008 10:25 pm
The new CV CSS080416:080854+355053 (= USNO-B1.0 1258-0161440 = SDSS J080853.72+355053.6) detected in outburst at mag 16.2 last night by the Catalina Sky Survey...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
Apr 17, 2008 12:43 pm
The ROTSE-I system detected an outburst of SDSS J013132.39-090122.3 in 1999. As far as I know, no other outburst of this dwarf nova has been detected. The...
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Patrick Wils
patrickwils
May 5, 2008 12:26 pm
The Catalina Sky Survey found a new dwarf nova in outburst at magnitude 14.0 last night:...
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Tom Krajci
tom_krajci
May 29, 2008 3:27 pm
While I was at the SAS symposium last week, I learned of the VO (Virtual Observatory) Event Network: http://www.estar.org.uk/wiki/index.php/VOEvent This is...
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Michael Koppelman
ngc4438
May 29, 2008 3:44 pm
Yes. M....
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Gary Poyner
g_poyner
May 29, 2008 6:17 pm
Has Nova TrA 2008 been given an official designation yet? If so, can someone enlighten me please? Many thanks, Gary ... Gary Poyner garypoyner@......
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Matthew Templeton
matthewt@...
May 29, 2008 6:49 pm
Hi Gary, The GCVS designation is "NR TRA". http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=161149 Matt...
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Andrew Drake
ajd@...
May 29, 2008 7:10 pm
Dear Tom, I manage much of the content for the VOEventNet project http://voeventnet.caltech.edu/ Like eStar we handle the distribution and communication of...
