[vsnet-alert 12721] Re: V1212 Tau outburst!

[Tom Krajci]

Astrokolkhoz shows this object at   03 51 56.99  +25 25 27.94  (J2000)  
-  first two unfiltered images show it to be approx mag 15.8.

Time-series will continue for another 5.5 hours.



On 1/27/2011 6:16 PM, Taichi Kato wrote:
> V1212 Tau outburst!
>
>     Jeremy Shears (vis baavss-alert) has reported the detection of an outburst
> of this SU UMa-type dwarf nova!
>
>     The object was initially recognized as a "flare" like object near M45.
> (cf. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983ATsir1269....7P )
> The VSOLJ members started monitoring since 1987 suspecting that this
> is a dwarf nova, rather than a flare star.
>
> cf.
> http://ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mailarchive/vsnet-alert/9190 ,
> this outburst turned out to be a superoutburst.
>
>    YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
>    20110102.992<177C  (Eddy Muyllaert)
>    20110109.017<177C  (Eddy Muyllaert)
>    20110120.992<169C  (Eddy Muyllaert)
>    20110127.792  156C  (Jeremy Shears)
>
>     Observations during the present outburst are strongly encouraged!
>
>

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