[vsnet-alert 1441] (fwd) Outburst of SBS 1017+533

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

    Peter Garnavich has kindly informed the outburst of recently discovered
cataclysmic variable, SBS 1017+533.  Observations are highly encouraged.

> From: peterg@mars.harvard.edu (Peter Garnavich)
> Subject: Re: [vsnet 1133] CVs from SBS survey
> To: tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Taichi Kato)

  It has been rather cloudy at the MMT so I have been
getting spectra of the new CVs from the SBS catalog.

SBS 0755+600 is a beautiful CV with broad Balmer lines and some
             HeI. No HeII 4686 is seen.

SBS 1017+533 The coordinates were not good enough to find a single
             star so I went to USNO at 10:20:26.65 +53:04:32.6 (2000)
             and I was suprised to find a 13th magnitude star there.
             It is in outburst (Jan 27.5 UT). The spectrum shows
             a CV in outburst with broad Balmer absorption except
             for Halpha which is in weak emission.

SBS 1150+599 has strong Balmer lines plus HeII 4686, but they are
             unresolved and the Balmer decrement is not that seen
             in CVs. It also has a hot blue continuum. My guess is
             that this is a young planetary nebula or maybe a symbiotic
             system.

Peter Garnavich

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Also added:

  Please forward my message. SBS1017+533 should be a very
good object to monitor.

Peter

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