Last nite I caught U GEM in the early phase of an outburst. Early in the evening I noticed it slightly brighter than its normal quiescent maximum, so I followup with a later observation. Then, it was clearly brighter near mag 13.0 and showing short-term oscillations of 0.1-0.2 mag on the order of a minute or so. My estimates were more like the peaks of those oscillations. GEMU 20020214.2611 13.5 GEMU 20020214.4618 13.1 GEMU 20020214.4806 12.9 Mike Linnolt Honolulu, HI