[vsnet-alert 24909] Re: VY Aqr in outburst

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

 Hi Gary,
 
Thanks a lot for confirming my outburst detection!
 
The previously recorded outburst (a normal one?)
was observed from 2015 March 28 to April 1; it was
detected by Rod Stubbings.
 
Complete 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/1f3e090c-d35b-424c-a33f-ff9e0ade77d7
 
Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) light curve and data:
https://lasair.roe.ac.uk/object/ZTF18abskpen/
 
Clear skies,
Patrick
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Am Freitag, 6. November 2020, 19:13:18 UTC hat Gary Poyner
via vsnet-outburst Folgendes geschrieben:
 
In smoky skies...
Nov 06.777    11.4     22cm
First recorded outburst since March 2015.

Gary
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Patrick Schmeer wrote on 2020 November 6 at 18:26 UTC:
 
VY Aquarii (UGSU)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=888

Visual magnitude estimates by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany:
AQRVY 20201105.74 <130 SPK
AQRVY 20201106.742 112 SPK
Sequence: AAVSO (V magnitudes)
Instrument: 203-mm SCT

Time-resolved photometry is encouraged.

Clear skies,
Patrick