[vsnet-outburst 9500] Re: [AAVSO-DIS] fun stuff for October 8

[David Boyd]

> The CBAT unconfirmed observations page lists another transient at
> 19:14:43.55 +60:52:13.9
> VSNET observations by Hiroyuki Maehara demonstrated the blue color
> of the transient (20081003.56 B=15.07 V=15.16), and that 0.2mag superhumps
> were present (confirmed by Nakajima-san on Oct. 6) with a period
> around 2 hours.  This is a pretty faint UGSU star, but nicely placed
> for evening observing.
> ......
> Arne
>

I performed CCD photometry on this object for 5 hrs from Oct 8.783 - Oct 8.996 
UT and recorded 3 superhump cycles of amplitude ~0.2 mag. It's mean magnitude 
(unfiltered) was CV=15.8. The superhump period derived using the ANOVA method 
from this data was 0.071(3)d.

Regards,
David Boyd (BDG)