[vsnet-alert 11114] SW Crt bright

[Taichi Kato]

   Both ASAS-3 and Rod Stubbings reported SW Crt in bright state.
This was the first positive detection by ASAS.
The object has been classified as a non-CV, and Christlieb et al.
(A&A 431, 143) included it in a catalog of horizontal-branch stars.
What is the nature of this object?

  YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  20090316.2787 15.278V  (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta Astron. 52,397))
  20090319.507  <154  (Rod Stubbings)
  20090320.465   154  (Rod Stubbings)
  20090320.648   153  (Rod Stubbings)
  20090321.547   152  (Rod Stubbings)