[vsnet-alert 440] special attention to Nova Cas 1995!

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Dear nova-fans,

    The slow nova Nova Cas 1995 has shown three distinct brightenings
up to now:

  date of maximum   mv
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  1995 Dec 15       6.9
  1996 Feb 17       7.7
  1996 Apr 11       8.1

    Thanks to the very recent post by B. H. Granslo (vsnet-obs 2927, Nova
Cassiopeiae 1995 - NAS.VSS Photometry Update No. 10), the sharpness of
the third mini-outburst has now been depicted.  Although I am not aware
of any physical explanation, it should be noted that these mini-outbursts
were almost equally separated by two-month intervals.  Since two months have
passed since the last mini-outburst, it would be interesting to see whether
any mechanism may be pushing another such phenomenon.  The real-time light
curve and additional information of Nova Cas 1995 can be found on the VSNET
Home Page (http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/).

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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