[vsnet-alert 10011] CSS J0902+05: still bright on 31 Mar.
Makoto Uemura
uemuram at hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Tue Apr 1 18:49:17 JST 2008
CSS J0902+05: still bright on 31 Mar.
Our last night (31 Mar) observation shows that the object
is still in superoutburst.
YYYYMMDD(UT) mag. err.
20080331.51058 19.50V 0.18 Higashi-Hiroshima Observatory
http://kanatatmp.blogspot.com/search/label/J0902%2B05
This object is a new WZ Sge-type dwarf nova whose first-ever
outburst was discovered on 4 Mar as a Catalina Optical Transient
(vsnet-alert 9945, 9948, 9949, 9953, 9955).
The long duration of the outburst is typical for WZ Sge stars.
It might be in a rebrightening phase.
Regards,
M. Uemura, A. Arai, and M. Sasada
on behalf of the KANATA team
Hiroshima University
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