[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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