[vsnet-alert 9012] HS0417+7445 outburst

Taichi Kato tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Wed Sep 13 09:57:46 JST 2006


   According to Jeremy Shears (via BASVSS alert), the SU UMa-type
dwarf nova HS0417+7445 is undergoing an outburst.

HS0417+7445 20060912.914   14.7C JSh

   The object underwent a bright outburst (reaching mag 13.6)
in 2005 April.

The object is in Aungwerojwit et al. (earlier noted)
"Dwarf novae in the Hamburg Quasar Survey: Rarer than expected"
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605588

   An outburst in 2001 January (mag 13.4) was chance observed,
yielding a superhump period of 111.2 min (not well determined).


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