[vsnet-alert 24697] Re: ASASSN-20jc: large amplitude outburst

Patrick Schmeer pasc1312-aavso@yahoo.de via vsnet-alert vsnet-alert at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Thu Sep 17 04:50:45 JST 2020


 ASASSN-20jc (UG:)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1545957
 
Not detected on Sept. 16 by the ASAS-SN Sky Patrol (Shappee et al.
2014ApJ...788...48S and Kochanek et al. 2017PASP..129j4502K):
https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/fe0fcbc5-b1ab-426e-b99b-d66777cf8d00
 
A rapid fading may be underway.
Daily/nightly snapshots are recommended.
 
Clear skies,
Patrick
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     Am Freitag, 11. September 2020, 02:39:33 MESZ hat Taichi Kato <tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Folgendes geschrieben:  
 
 Re: ASASSN-20jc: large amplitude outburst

> AAVSO data (only reported by Josch Hambsch, HMB):
> https://www.aavso.org/apps/webobs/results/?star=ASASSN-20jc
> 
> WZ Sagittae-type dwarf nova outburst? Time-resolved
> photometry and spectroscopy are still encouraged.

  Berto Monard also reported observations to VSNET.
Although the object looks almost certainly a WZ Sge
star, both observers haven't detected an unequivocal
sign of superhumps.

  


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