[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>
> Cc: "cba-chat" <cba-chat at cba.phys.columbia.edu>, "vsnet-alert" <vsnet-alert at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>, "vsnet-campaign-nova" <vsnet-campaign-nova at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>, "cba-news" <cba-news at cba.phys.columbia.edu>, "vsnet-outburst" <vsnet-outburst at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>, "BAA-VSS Alert" <baavss-alert at yahoogroups.com>, "AAVSO-DIS" <aavso-discussion at mira.aavso.org>, "AAVSO-PHOTOMETRY" <aavso-photometry at mira.aavso.org>, "AVSON" <AVSON at yahoogroups.com>
> 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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