[vsnet-outburst 8815] OT_J081418.9-005022 (Catalina transient) ASAS detection

Taichi Kato tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Sun Apr 13 10:42:30 JST 2008


OT_J081418.9-005022

   The recently detected outburst of this Catalina transient appears
to have been detected with ASAS-3 just before the Catalina discovery:

  YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  20080406.0393 <14.50V  (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta Astron. 52,397))
  20080408.0881 14.237V  (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta Astron. 52,397))
  20080409.1441 14.77R  (Catalina Sky Survey)
  20080410.1066 <14.50V  (ASAS (Pojmanski, G. 2002, Acta Astron. 52,397))

   This outburst may have been a normal outburst of an SU UMa-type
dwarf nova, or a short outburst of SS Cyg-type dwarf nova.


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