[vsnet-alert 23289] V499 Arae (super?)outburst! (since 29 May 2019)

Tue Jun 4 19:20:16 JST 2019

V499 Arae  (UG)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=3302

The current outburst was originally detected by MASTER-OAFA:
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=12822

Complete ASAS-SN Sky Patrol (Shappee et al. 2014ApJ...788...48S
and Kochanek et al. 2017PASP..129j4502K) data and light curve:
https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/65901ea0-d4db-4e51-900e-314b10273d42

Rod Stubbings wrote (on Facebook) about his observation on
2019 June 3.442 UT: "which is the first time I have seen
this star in over 21 years at a faint magnitude of 15.8!" 

*** Time-resolved photometry and precise astrometry (or
at least a snapshot) are urgently required. ***

Clear skies,
Patrick