[vsnet-alert 8738] Re: T Leo in outburst

[Daisaku NOGAMI]

Dear colleagues,

P. Schmeer reported his detection of a bright outburst of T Leo
as below.  The magnitude of 10.0 suggests this to be a superoutburst.
In the 1993 superoutburst, Kato (1999, PASJ, 49, 583) reported
that superhumps were observed already during the precursor of the
superoutburst.  A confirmation of this phenomenon is very important
to check the relation between the evolution of the tidal instability
and the existence of the precursor.

Observations in this early phase is strongly encouraged!  When
you succeed in time-resolved photometry, please send your precious
data to vsnet-campaign-report at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp !

Best regards,
Daisaku Nogami

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:57:24 +0100 (CET) in [vsnet-alert 8737] T Leo in outburst,
Patrick Schmeer <pasc1312-aavso at yahoo.de> wrote:

> Visual magnitude estimates by P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany:
> LEOT 20051028.20  <125 Scp
> LEOT 20051030.190  100 Scp
> LEOT 20051030.210  100 Scp
> 
> According to the AAVSO Light Curve Generator the most recently
> recorded T Leo outburst (a supermaximum) occurred on 2003 Nov. 13.
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick