[vsnet-alert 21576] V1208 Tau superoutburst

[Patrick Schmeer pasc1312-aavso@yahoo.de via vsnet-alert]

V1208 Tauri  (UGSU)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=36225

ASAS-SN Sky Patrol observations
(Shappee et al. 2014ApJ...788...48S and
Kochanek et al. 2017PASP..129j4502K):
TAUV1208 20171103.416 <15.84V ASN
TAUV1208 20171109.599  15.90V ASN
TAUV1208 20171110.578  15.72V ASN
TAUV1208 20171112.610  16.09V ASN

AAVSO observer Kenneth Menzies (MZK) recorded
four superhumps on 2017 November 11:
https://www.aavso.org/apps/webobs/results/?star=V1208+Tau

Further time-resolved photometry is recommended.

Clear skies,
Patrick
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Taichi Kato wrote (vsnet-alert 21572):

V1208 Tau likely superoutburst
 
YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag    observer
20171017.617  <159c  (Mitsutaka Hiraga)
20171025.623  <132   (Tsuneo Horie)
20171108.7197  148c  (Yutaka Maeda)