[vsnet-alert 13155] Re: Outburst of the recurrent nova T Pyx !
Alexandre Amorim
costeira1 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 14 20:56:28 JST 2011
Oh my Gosh...
At this last night, April 14 ~ 00:30 UT (20110414.02 UT), I pointed to S Pyx and T Pyx with my 20x80B and T Pyx was <10.5 .
If I had use the 180mm reflector maybe I could detected it brighter than 14th magnitude for my first time.
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--- Em qui, 14/4/11, Wolfgang Renz <wr-astro at kabelbw.de> escreveu:
> De: Wolfgang Renz <wr-astro at kabelbw.de>
> Assunto: [vsnet-alert 13154] Outburst of the recurrent nova T Pyx !
> Para: "Sumner Starrfield" <sumner.starrfield at asu.edu>, "Bradley E. Schaefer" <schaefer at lsu.edu>, "Daniel W. E. Green" <dwe_green at eps.harvard.edu>, "Taichi Kato" <tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>, "Ohshima" <ohshima at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>, "Joe Patterson" <jop at astro.columbia.edu>, "Elizabeth Waagen" <eowaagen at aavso.org>, "Matthew Templeton" <matthewt at aavso.org>
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> Data: Quinta-feira, 14 de Abril de 2011, 8:08
> Hello
>
> The recurrent nova T Pyx is obviously going into outburst.
>
> The last observed outburst started with a steep rise to mag
> 8 on ~ 7th Dec 1966,
> reached 7 mag vis after an other month, and lasted ~ 280 d
> before it was back to
> quiescence again.
> http://www.aavso.org/lcg/plot?auid=T%20Pyx&lastdays=400&start=&stop=2439800&obscode=&obscode_symbol=2&obstotals=yes&grid=on&visual=on&r=on&unknown=on&uband=on&iband=on&fainterthan=on&bband=on&j=on&v=on&h=on&unvalidated=on&differential=on&pointsize=1&width=800&height=600&mag1=&mag2=&mean=5&vmean=5
> The GCVS says that previous outbursts were observed in
> 1890, 1902, 1920, 1944.
>
> Congrats to Michael Linnolt to spot and announce this rare
> outburst (AFAIK) first.
>
> Clear skies
> Wolfgang
>
> --
> Wolfgang Renz, Karlsruhe, Germany
>
>
> References:
>
> From: "Steve Kerr"
> To: aavso-discussion; AVSON; cvnet-outburst;
> vsnet-outburst
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:56 PM
> Subject: [AVSON] Re: [AAVSO-DIS] T PYX outburst?
> > Hi,
> > T Pyx appears to be rising quickly ...
> > 20110414.44097 UTC PYXT 11.3 AAVSO Chart
> > Observed with an 80mm refractor under bright moonlight
> ... it will
> > have been a while since that was possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve Kerr
> > Rockhampton, QLD
> > Australia.
>
>
> From: "Alan Plummer"
> To: aavso-discussion
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 10:29 AM UT
> Subject: [AAVSO-DIS] T Pyx second estimate
> > First estimate was 2455665.88472 12.2 used comp stars
> '120' and '125'
> > on an old 'aavso preliminary chart'
> > Second estimate = 2455665.93125 12.0 used the new
> chart where the
> > '120' is no longer labelled. '122' and '115' are
> used.
> > I trust the first estimate can be corrected by other
> people.
> > alan
>
> From: Alan Plummer
> To: "Michael Linnolt"; aavso-discussion
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 09:22 AM UT
> Subject: Re: [AAVSO-DIS] T PYX outburst?
> > T Pyx
> > 2455665.88472 12.2 cloud moon
> > best. alan
>
> From: "Michael Linnolt"
> To: aavso-discussion
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 07:18 AM UT
> Subject: [AAVSO-DIS] T PYX outburst?
> > I observed it just now Apr 14 0702UT at v=13.0 I
> noticed it was around
> > v=14.5 last night, but now its the brightest I have
> ever seen it!
> > Mike Linnolt (LMK)
>
> From: "Rod Stubbings"
> To: vsnet-outburst; cvnet-outburst
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 03:31 PM UT
> Subject: [vsnet-outburst 12604] Recent activity
> > Recent outbursts and selected activity observed the
> past few nights.
> > PYXT
> 110405.510 145
> Stu.RASNZ
> > PYXT
> 110405.536 145
> Stu.RASNZ
> > PYXT
> 110405.599 147
> Stu.RASNZ
> > PYXT
> 110406.467 147
> Stu.RASNZ
> > PYXT
> 110407.501 148
> Stu.RASNZ
>
>
> From: "cvnet-circ-gen"
> To: cvnet-circular
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:00 AM
> Subject: [cvnet-circular] CV Circular for Mar 13, 2011 to
> Apr 11, 2011
> > CVNET Circular 2011.04 (Mar. 13 -
> Apr. 11) (JD 0d = 2455662)
> > edited by M. Simonsen, C. Watson
> > T PYX (NRB) <146(16)
> <100(21) <115(27) <125(28) <140(29) 152(30)
> <125(31)
> >
> <140(1) <133(5) <125(10)
> AAX,ASA,BVS,LMK,MTH,PAW,SVA
>
> VSX entry with further refs:
> http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=27184
>
> AAVSO - Recent LC of T Pyx:
> tp://www.aavso.org/lcg/plot?auid=T%20Pyx&lastdays=80&start=&stop=&obscode=&obscode_symbol=2&obstotals=yes&grid=on&visual=on&r=on&unknown=on&uband=on&iband=on&fainterthan=on&bband=on&j=on&v=on&h=on&unvalidated=on&differential=on&pointsize=1&width=800&height=600&mag1=&mag2=&mean=&vmean=
>
> AAVSO - Quicklook data of T Pyx:
> http://www.aavso.org/ql/results?auid=T%20Pyx&startjd=2455595
> Name JD
> CalendarDate
> Mag Filter ComCodes
> Obsrvr. Err Comp1 Comp2 Trnsf
> Chart Comments
> T PYX 2455665.93125 2011 Apr 14.4313 12.0
> Vis. Z PAW
>
> 122 115 N/A 4677EGZ
>
>
> T Pyx 2455665.88472 2011 Apr 14.3847 12.2
> Vis. BUYS PAW
>
> 120 125 N/A aavso
> prelim chart
> T PYX 2455665.79306 2011 Apr 14.2931 13.0
> Vis. Y LMK
>
> 125 134 N/A 4510bp
> T PYX 2455664.99375 2011 Apr 13.4938 <11.5 Vis.
> MTH
> 11.5
> N/A 040329
> T PYX 2455664.85903 2011 Apr 13.3590 14.5
> Vis. BD
> LMK
> 143 146 N/A 4510bp
> brighter than usual + flaring
> T PYX 2455663.96528 2011 Apr 12.4653 <12.5 Vis.
> MTH
> 12.5
> N/A 040329
> T PYX 2455662.93819 2011 Apr 11.4382 <12.5 Vis.
> MTH
> 12.5
> N/A 040329
> T PYX 2455661.95139 2011 Apr 10.4514 <12.5 Vis.
> MTH
> 12.5
> N/A 040329
> T PYX 2455660.00486 2011 Apr 8.5049 <14.0
> Vis. PAW
> 140
> N/A 040329
> T PYX 2455657.4667 2011 Apr 5.9667 <13.3
> Vis. AAX
>
> 125 133 N/A PD2-93
> T PYX 2455653.33056 2011 Apr 1.8306 <12.5
> Vis. UL
> BVS
> 125
> N/A 3342cjj 8"S-C @ 206x
> T Pyx 2455653.0729 2011 Apr 1.5729 <13.7
> Vis. K SVA
> 13.7
> N/A NZ1072
> T PYX 2455652.92292 2011 Apr 1.4229 <14.0
> Vis. PAW
> 140
> N/A 040329
> T PYX 2455651.96736 2011 Mar 31.4674 <12.5 Vis.
> MTH
> 12.5
> N/A 040329
> T PYX 2455650.81944 2011 Mar 30.3194 15.2 Vis.
> LMK
> 151 154 N/A 3816g
> ...
> AAX AMORIM, ALEXANDRE BRAZIL
> BVS BOLZONI, SIMONE ITALY
> LMK LINNOLT, MICHAEL USA
> MTH MATSUYAMA, HIROSHI AUSTRALIA
> PAW PLUMMER, ALAN AUSTRALIA
> SVA SAW, ADRIAN AUSTRALIA
>
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