[vsnet-alert 16890] Re: (cba:news) V745 Scorpii in outburst

[Berto Monard]

Tonight's observations of V745 Sco:

2014 Feb 7.102   9.04 CCD-V
2014 Feb 7.104   7.40 CCD-I


Berto Monard / CBA Kleinkaroo


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Berto Monard" <bmonard at mweb.co.za>
To: "Vsnet-Alert at Ooruri.Kusastro.Kyoto-U.Ac.Jp" <vsnet-alert at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>; "cba-news" <cba-news at cbastro.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 11:06 PM
Subject: [vsnet-alert 16888] Re: (cba:news) V745 Scorpii in outburst


> Hi,
> 
> 
> I have made recent observations of V745 Sco in the I band. Preliminary values:
> 
> 2014 Feb 1.1  13.98 CCD-I
> 2014 Feb 3.1  13.78 CCD-I
> 
> Note that these were typical Ic values for the previous season (range 13.5-14.2). 
> 
> If in outburst, it must have started after 3.1 Feb 2014.
> 
> I'll surely follow this up tonight.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Berto Monard / CBA Kleinkaroo
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Patterson" <jop at astro.columbia.edu>
> To: <cba-news at cbastro.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 8:17 PM
> Subject: (cba:news) V745 Scorpii in outburst
> 
> 
>> Hi CBAers,
>> 
>> Rod Stubbings just reported an outburst of the recurrent nova V745 
>> Scorpii, at V=9.0.  The sky placement is mighty unfavorable (1752-33), 
>> but these opportunities are mighty rare (only known outbursts in 1937 
>> and 1989). Time-series photometry near the peak of a recurrent-nova 
>> outburst (probably now) is especially rare.
>> 
>> joe
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