[vsnet-alert 10996] SDSS J013701.06-091234.9 (rare) outburst update

Taichi Kato tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Thu Jan 29 10:37:28 JST 2009


SDSS J013701.06-091234.9 (rare) outburst update

   The present outburst appears to be a superoutburst.
According to ASAS-3 data, the object underwent outbursts in 2001 May-June
(superoutburst), 2003 Dec.-2004 Jan. (well-observed superoutburst),
2005 June (possible outburst), 2007 Dec. (questionable?).

   This object has an unusually luminous, early-type secondary for this
short orbital period.  See:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006PASJ...58..143I
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PASJ...59..929I

  YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  20090124.894  <178C  (Eddy Muyllaert)
  20090127.410  <168CR  (Hiroyuki Maehara)
  20090128.0295 <14.50V  (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta Astron. 52,397))
  20090128.419  159C  (Hiroyuki Maehara)
  20090128.922  12.81C  (Eddy Muyllaert)


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