[vsnet-alert 1176] Rare outburst of WX Cet

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

WX Cet

  As reported in [vsnet-alert 1175], Rod Stubbings detected a rare outburst
of WX Cet.  WX Cet was last observed in outburst in 1996 July, when the
object stayed in superoutburst for about 15 days, followed by a short
post-outburst rebrightening.  This outburst was very intensively observed
both by visual and CCD, providing rich information of superhumps in this
short orbital period system.
(http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/DNe/wxcet9607.html and
 http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/DNe/wxcetsh.html).

  Characterisitic of (single) normal (short) outbursts of WX Cet are very
little known.  According to the VSOLJ database, the only likely normal
outburst was in 1989 December:

  YYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  891203.417  <131  (T. Kato)
  891203.489   129  (M. Iida)
  891203.497   128  (M. Iida)
  891203.501   125  (M. Koshiro)
  891203.503   129  (M. Iida)
  891203.508   127  (M. Iida)
  891203.519   127  (M. Iida)
  891203.535   126  (M. Koshiro)
  891203.781   125  (P. Schmeer)
  891204.416   133  (M. Koshiro)
  891204.503   135  (M. Iida)
  891204.519   135  (M. Iida)
  891204.910  <133  (P. Schmeer)
  891205.430  <125  (T. Kato)
  891205.504   142: (M. Iida)
  891205.532  <132  (M. Koshiro)

  Observations, esp. high-speed photometry, are strongly recommended during
the present rare faint outburst, in order to test the existence of "hump"
features.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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