[vsnet-alert 25009] VY Aqr rapidly fading (since Nov. 25)

Fri Nov 27 06:05:32 JST 2020

VY Aquarii  (UGSU)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=888

AAVSO data:
https://www.aavso.org/apps/webobs/results/?star=VY+AQR

Recent ASAS-SN Sky Patrol (Shappee et al. 2014ApJ...788...48S
and Kochanek et al. 2017PASP..129j4502K) light curve and data:
https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/87bb45f1-bc31-443b-a438-581e63bf33cd

The rapid fading began on 2020 November 25, i.e. 19 days after
the onset of the superoutburst and 18 days after optical peak;
the duration of the supermaximum was a few days longer than
that of a standard UGSU supermaximum (~14 days).

Clear skies,
Parick