[vsnet-alert 16116] Re: ASASSN-13bu: flare?

[Sebastian Otero]

> ASASSN-13bu: flare?
>
>> ASASSN-13bu               4:43:57.17   18:29:31.3   2013-08-2.6     15.94
>
>   This is less likely a CV.  There is a bright infrared source.

This is 2MASS J04435721+1829303 and it is rather faint in the infrared (J= 
13.3) so it is likely not a red semiregular but an SRD with a period of 164 
d. according to CRTS data:
http://www.aavso.org/vsx/docs/318490/133/ASASSN-13bu.gif

According to the Ephemeris is heading for a maximum around August 25 so it 
is very likely that is rapidly rising these days.

Cheers,
Sebastian

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Sebastian Otero
VSX Team
American Association of Variable Star Observers