[vsnet-alert 10230] PU CMa bright outburst

Taichi Kato tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Sun Jun 1 09:07:51 JST 2008


   PU CMa bright outburst.   Possibly a superoutburst, but is not
well-situated for time-series photometry.  Nightly observations are
encouraged, though.  If the present outburst is confirmed to be
a superoutburst, the supercycle is ~200 d, which is significantly
shorter than previously thought.

  YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  20080517.0124 <14.50V  (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta Astron. 52,397))
  20080521.9787 <14.50V  (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta Astron. 52,397))
  20080531.365   120  (Rod Stubbings)


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