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Last updated 15:55 UT, September 04, 2008
ACTIVITY AT A GLANCE
New outbursts reported in the last 72 hours
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040908
PS Lac #
030908
FO And
ST Cha
020908
AB Dra
VW Tuc
* indicates an unconfirmed outburst
# indicates a noteworthy or unusual outburst
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RECENT NEWS
September 03, 2008
Possible Nova in Scorpius
AAVSO Special Notice #124 reports that a possible
Nova in Scorpius has been reported to CBAT unconfirmed Objects list
at magnitude 9.5C on Sep 2.459UT. The new object has been imaged by Guido et al (vsnet-alert 10490) at an unfiltered
magnitude of 9.6 . The object remains un-classified. The position is (from Guido et al, vsnet-alert 10490) 17h
57m 32.93s -30d 43m 10.3s (J2000)
September 02, 2008
CATACLYSMIC VARIABLE STAR IN Andromeda
vsnet-alert 10479 reports that the possible Nova in And,
as reported on CBAT unconfirmed reports page, is in fact a new UGWZ star..." Photometry of the object obtained by T. Kryachko,
S. Korotkiy, D. Denisenko and B. Satovskiy with 8.0-cm f/7.5 ED-refractor (+ SBIG ST-2000XM) at KSU's Astrotel Observatory
(Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia) during JD 2454711.343 - 2454711.434 clearly shows a humped light curve with an amplitude of
0.13m and a period of 0.055(1)d which is typical for cataclysmic variables of UGWZ type."
The object is located at
RA 02h 00m 25.40s Dec+44d 10' 18.7" (CBAT)
and has a GSC II counterpart (020025.44+44 10 19.1 j=21.16
Patrick Schmeer reports a visual observation obtained on Sep 2.144 at magnitude
12.6 (baavss-alert)
September 02, 2008
Possible Nova in Centaurus.
Grzegorz Pojmanski reports (via vsnet-alert 10482)...
"Possible Nova in Centaurus: ASAS 143503-6406.4 Grzegorz Pojmanski, Dorota Szczygiel and Bogumil Pilecki of Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory report: Using
the ASAS3V instrument of The All Sky Automated Survey (telephoto lens 200/2.8, diameter 70mm + CCD + Johnsons V filter,
3 minute exposures, pixel size 14.8 arcsec, rms astrometric accuracy 4 arcsec) we have detected outburst of possible
Nova in Centaurus at RA = 14:35:03, DEC = -64:06.4
Katarzyna Malek (for Pi of the Sky team) reports via vsnet-alert 10483...
"We can confirm the presence of a new object at coordinates: R.A. = 14:35:03, Decl. = -64:06:4
TIME (UT) MAG <20080826 invisible 20080826.12
9.85 C "Pi of the Sky" 20080829.11 8.43 C "Pi of the Sky"
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