[vsnet-alert 10465] Re: re-brightening of V1647 Ori = McNeil's nabula

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA]

Subject: Re: re-brightening of V1647 Ori = McNeil's nabula

>  Itagaki-san reported the brightening of V1647 Ori (= IRAS 05436-0007
>= variable star which lights up the McNeil's nebula (IAUC 8284, 8396))
>to mag about 16.7 (unfiltered CCD) on Aug. 26 (detail will be reported
>later).

ORIV1647  20080826.789  167C  KIt

KIt: K. Itagaki. 0.60-m refl. + unfiltered CCD.

>Repeated outbursts are not vrey unexpected (see e.g. V1118 Ori, V1143 Ori).

Aspin et al. (2006, AJ, 132, 1298) reported the 1966-1967 outburst of
V1647 Ori, which was recorded on the Asiago plate collections.  

Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka at phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp