[vsnet-alert 10629] KP Cas very bright outburst

Taichi Kato tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Mon Oct 27 10:01:56 JST 2008


KP Cas very bright outburst

   Yasuo Sano-san has reported the detection of a very bright outburst
of KP Cas (GCVS range 15.2-20p).

       YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
CASKP  20081021.424  <155C San.VSOLJ (Yasuo Sano) 
CASKP  20081025.534   131C San.VSOLJ (Yasuo Sano)

 KP Cas observations (Yasuo Sano)
 Observer's code: San
 San: Yasuo Sano (Nayoro, Hokkaido,Japan)
 Instruments: 300mm-F4 + BJ42L CCD exp 180sec

   From the VSNET record, the object was only once reported in outburst
on 1997 Sep. 26 (15.6, Kinnunen).

   Follow-up observations, including time-resolved photometry, are
strongly encouraged.


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