[vsnet-outburst 8564] EK TrA possibly superoutburst

Ohshima ohshima at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Sun Feb 10 19:36:39 JST 2008


EK TrA possibly superoutburst

 The UGSU type star EK TrA is undergoing a bright
outburst. Probably this outburst is a superoutburst.

Since this star showed a superoutburst in Jul. of 
2007, the interval between this outburst and the last
outburst is quite short. The last superoutburst 
interval was 2 year.

Past outbursts;
  2005 Jan. 12.519V  (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta
 Astron. 52,397))
  2005 Jun. 11.730:V (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta
 Astron. 52,397)) ... superoutburst?
  2005 Aug.   124  (Peter F. Williams)
  2006 May. 13.101:V (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta
 Astron. 52,397))
  2007 Jul.   119  (Peter F. Williams) ...superoutburst

Recent observations;
  20070505.467  <140  (Peter F. Williams)
  20070505.485  <140  (Peter F. Williams)
  20070706.450   123  (Peter F. Williams)
  20070706.472   119  (Peter F. Williams)
  20070706.497   119  (Peter F. Williams)
  20070709.473   123  (Rod Stubbings)
  20070710.456   136  (Rod Stubbings)
  20070712.503   150: (Rod Stubbings)
  20080209.583   117  (Rod Stubbings)


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