[vsnet-alert 287] HT Cas update

[tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp]

Dear HT Cas observers,

    HT Cas seems to have stopped fading.  The post-outburst object is now
staying about 1 mag brighter than its "high-state" quiescence.  Nightly
averaged preliminary magnitudes outside eclipses are below:

    mid-UT     mag   S.D.  N  band
  -----------------------------------
  951118.618  13.27 0.075 904 V
  951119.505  13.98 0.086  71 V
  951120.534  15.55 0.130  91 V
  951121.554  15.89 0.141 477 V
  951122.494  15.93 0.210 303 V

  (S.D.: for a single point)

    The light curves on Nov. 21 and 22 show broad undulations with a time-
scale of few hours, together with short-term flickering and QPOs.  Although
the averaged system brightness has changed little these two nights, the
shapes of eclipses have changed considerably; the system is now exhibiting
rather sharp ingresses and egresses which are usually observed in quiescence.

Regards,
Ouda team (Taichi Kato, observing)

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