[vsnet-alert 18072] KX Aql outburst

[Taichi Kato]

KX Aql outburst

   Forwarded message from BAAVSS alert.
There was a superoutburst in 2010 March.
The current outburst is unfavorably situated, but
time-series observations are still important.

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I am forwarding this email from John Bortle concerning a potentially important 
outburst of this star, which is on the BAA VSS Recurrent Objects Programme (ROP).
Go well!
Jeremy
>
> I call observers' attention to an apparent outburst of the UGSU-type star KX
> AQL. Carey Chiselbrook (CCY) has reported a visual sighting of the star at
> magnitude 12.8 on Dec. 14.99028 and this evening I glimpsed it for a few
> moments just before it descended below the roofline  of my house. I also
> made the magnitude to be 12.8 and this was on Dec. 15.9479 . Outbursts of KX
> AQL are infrequent and although several have been recorded in recent years,
> before that it was only very rarely detected. Observers are encouraged to
> record the star's brightness in the course of at least the next few nights to
> determined if this will be a short or more protracted event and if possible
> thereafter to fully document this outburst.
>
> J.Bortle   (BRJ)