[vsnet-alert 1203] Possible superoutburst of KV And

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

Possible superoutburst of KV And

  Gary Poyner reports a bright outburst of the SU UMa-type dwarf nova
KV And.

  YYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  970906.053  <145  (G. Poyner)
  970906.872  <160  (L. T. Jensen)
  970908.015  <145  (G. Poyner)
  970909.049  <145  (G. Poyner)
  970910.016  <145  (G. Poyner)
  970910.769  <141  (H. Itoh)
  970913.033   138  (G. Poyner)

  The brightness of the outburst suggests a superoutburst.  The last
superoutburst of this dwarf nova occurred on 1997 Jan. 25, when the
system reached mv=13.9 (Gary Poyner).

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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