Dear colleagues,
I have just finished analysing my unfiltered CCD observations of TCP J22561804+4109534, obtained on 2022, July 04/05 at CBA Belgium Observatory, using a 0.40-m f/10.0 telescope and QHY-286M CMOS camera under clear skies. I have been observing this object during multiple nights between June 27th and now. On all previous nights, no obvious modulations were visible in the light curve, except for last night when superhumps with an amplitude of 0.14 mag became very clearly visible. A period analysis using the ANOVA, Lomb-Scargle, Generalized-Lomb-Scargle and PDM methods (Peranso 3.0), yields a combined superhump period of 0.0650 +/- 0.0011d. The object was at mag CV = 15.3 on Jul 05th.
The superhump profile shows no signs of a double-waved pattern, and I could not detect early superhumps in my data. Yet, the large outburst amplitude of ~7.4 mag, and the long time for superhumps to develop (approx. 9 days) make this a very likely WZ Sge-type dwarf nova. Follow-up observations are recommended to further track the evolution of the superhumps.
I will send my observations to AAVSO, CBA and VSNET for further analysis.
Best regards Tonny
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Tonny Vanmunster CBA Belgium Observatory CBA Extremadura Observatory http://www.cbabelgium.com
PERANSO : The Light Curve and Period Analysis Software http://www.peranso.com
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