[vsnet-alert 13489] A new variable star in the field of OT J170609.7+143452

[Gianluca Masi]

Dear Colleagues,

the star located at the following position (J2000.0):

17 06 06.42 +14 33 34.8

right now its brightness is around mag 15.0.

is clearly variable. The VSX AAVSO database shows nothing at that position.

regards,
Gianluca


Gianluca Masi ha scritto:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> last night, I did 2.5 hours of time resolved photometry on this star,
> remotely using the 14" unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project.
> 
> The star was clearly showing superhumps, so - as I mentioned earlier - 
> this is a new SU UMa star.
> 
> Superhumps have a full amplitude of 0.1 mags.
> 
> A search for Psh, using all the available data, provided a candidate of 
> 1.48 hours.
> 
> Data will be sent to Kyoto for analysis.
> 
> Regards,
> Gianluca Masi
> 
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