[vsnet-outburst 12234] Re: [vsnet-alert 12763] OT J044216.0-002334 = Catalina transient

[Gianluca Masi]

Dear Colleagues,

I did so far about 2 hours of photometry of this faint target, remotely 
using the 356mm telescope part of the Virtual Telescope project.

The star is clearly superhumping, with a full amplitude of 0.4 mag, with 
a period estimate by "eye" of 1.6 hours: so this is a new SU UMA class 
variable star.


More later,
Gianluca



Taichi Kato ha scritto:
> OT J044216.0-002334 = Catalina transient
> 
>    CRTS has detected the third recorded, and brightest, outburst
> of this dwarf nova (originally CSS071115:044216-002334).
> 
> 1101290010264151127 2011-01-29T05:13:27 2011-01-29T05:03:26 04 42 16.04 -00 23 33.9 16.75 16.68 16.68 16.68 http://nesssi.cacr.caltech.edu/catalina/20110129/1101290010264151127.html
> 
>    Since the present outburst is the brightest one, and the outburst
> amplitude exceeds 5 mag, it would well be a superoutburst.
> 
>