[vsnet-alert 25070] KR Aur (NL/VY) in bright state again

Kirill Sokolovsky kirx at scan.sai.msu.ru
Tue Dec 8 17:14:59 JST 2020


The unusual novalike variable KR Aur is bright according to the unfiltered 
NMW survey photometry:
2020-12-07.8877  2459191.3877  13.3 CV

It showed a similar brightening episode in 2019, while in the previous 
decade it stayed below V~15 according to the AAVSO and ASAS-SN.

ASAS-SN lightcurve:
https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/744da845-1e4c-4ea3-a23d-dfa65cbaa1c5

See also:
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=10141
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020MNRAS.494..425R/abstract

Best wishes,
Kirill Sokolovsky, Stanislav Korotkiy, Olga Smolyankina



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