VSNET CV Circular 1998.8 (up to Aug. 6) (JD 0d = 51026) edited by T. Kato Dwarf Novae RX And (UGZ) 114(2) 113(3) 115(4) 117(5) 118(6) CMG,DPA,HSG,KNN,MRV,POY, SQN standstill AR And (UGSS) <147(3) <153(4) <152(5) <152(6) HSG,KNN,MRV,POY DX And (UGSS) 151(2) 151(3) 147(4) 148(5) 149(6) HSG,MRV,POY,SQN FN And (UGSS) <147(2) <156(4) <156(5) <147(6) HSG,KNN,POY,SQN FO And (UGSU) <147(2) <154(4) <154(5) <148(6) HSG,POY,SQN KV And (UGSU) <147(4) <147(5) <147(6) HSG,POY KW And (UG) <153(4) <150(6) POY LL And (UGSU) <148(2) <153(4) <153(5) <153(6) HSG,KNN,POY,SQN PQ And (UG:) <155(4) <155(5) <147(6) KNN,POY Var62 And (UG) <157(4) <152(5) <152(6) POY UU Aql (UGSS) <147(3) 142(4) <143(5) HSG,POY,Stu FO Aql (UG) <145(1) <139(2) <138(3) 141(4)* 138(5) HSG,MKJ,POY,Stu outburst KX Aql (UG) <151(4) <151(5) HSG V725 Aql (UG) <148(1) <148(4) <147(5) HSG,POY VY Aqr (UGSU) <150(4) <138(6) POY EV Aqr (UGZ?) <147(4) <147(5) <147(6) POY AT Ara (UG) 132(1) 128(3) 127(5) MLF,Stu outburst SS Aur (UGSS) 140(2) 124(3) 112(4) 110(5) 109(6) CMG,HSG,KNN,KSL,MRV,Scp outburst TT Boo (UGSU) <148(1) <148(3) <148(4) <148(5) KNN,POY,SQN UZ Boo (UGSU) <139(1) <133(2) <133(5) KNN,SQN Z Cam (UGZ) 134(1) 131(2) 134(3) 134(4) 131(5) CMG,HSG,MRV,POY rising? AF Cam (UGSS) <151(4) <151(5) <151(6) HSG,POY AM Cas (UGSS) 140(4) 148(5) HSG DK Cas (UG) <142(6) POY GX Cas (UGSU) <145(2) <152(3) <152(4) <152(5) <152(6) HSG,KNN,POY,SQN HT Cas (UGSU+E) <143(2) <151(3) <155(4) <155(5) <151(6) HSG,KNN,POY,SQN KU Cas (UG) <138(2) <153(3) <153(4) 134(5)* 132(6) HSG,KNN,POY,SQN outburst V452 Cas (UG) <150(3) <150(5) <150(6) POY V630 Cas (UG) <155(4) <150(5) <150(6) POY BV Cen (UGSS) 131(1) 130(2) MLF MU Cen (UG) 142(3) 144:(5) Stu V485 Cen (UGSU) <145(3) Stu V803 Cen (HeDN) 131(1) <139(2) <142(3) 142(5) MLF,Stu FX Cep (UG) <146(2) <148(3) <148(4) <148(5) POY HL CMa (UGSS) 116(4) 117(5) Stu outburst BP CrA (UGZ) 138(3) 140(5) Stu outburst VW CrB (=Var21 CrB, UGSU) <152(1) <152(3) <148(4) <148(5) POY SS Cyg (UGSS) 105(1) 112(2) 117(3) 117(4) 120(5) 121(6) CMG,DPA,HSG,KNN, KSL,MRV,POY,SQN fading from outburst EM Cyg (UGZ) 131(2) 131(3) 133(4) 133(5) HSG,KNN,KSL,MKJ,POY standstill? EY Cyg (UGSS) 149(2) 148(3) 149(4) 148(5) HSG,POY V337 Cyg (UG:) <149(2) <149(3) <149(5) POY V503 Cyg (UGSU) <150(2) <150(3) <152(4) <150(5) HSG,POY V516 Cyg (UG) <150(2) <152(3) 147(4) 141(5) HSG,POY outburst V542 Cyg (UG) <142(1) 134(4) 143(5) 137(6) HSG,POY,SQN outburst V630 Cyg (UGSU) <156(4) <152(5) <150(6) HSG,POY V632 Cyg (UG) <154(4) <153(5) <146(6) HSG,POY V795 Cyg (UG) <147(2) <150(3) <145(4) <150(5) HSG,KNN,POY V811 Cyg (UG) <148(4) <148(5) HSG V1028 Cyg (UGSU) <142(1) <151(4) <151(5) <151(6) HSG,POY,SQN V1060 Cyg (UG) <147(2) <151(3) <151(5) POY V1081 Cyg (UG) <146(5) KNN V1113 Cyg (UGSU) <150(4) <150(6) POY V1251 Cyg (UGSU) <153(4) <148(5) <146(6) HSG,KNN,POY V1316 Cyg (UG) 149(2) 150(3) 150(5) POY V1363 Cyg (UGZ:) <149(2) <149(3) <149(5) POY V1454 Cyg (UG) <139(2) <139(3) <139(5) POY V1504 Cyg (UGSU) 147(2) 141(3) 141(4) 142(5) KNN,POY superoutburst V1711 Cyg (UG:) <147(5) KNN IO Del (UG:) <151(4) <147(6) POY AB Dra (UGZ) 139(2) 130(3) 130(4) 133(5) HSG,POY outburst DO Dra (UGSS) 151(1) 152(2) 151(3) 150(4) 150(5) MRV,POY,SQN DV Dra (UG) <151(1) <151(3) <151(4) <148(5) KNN,POY EX Dra (=HS1804+6753, UGSS+E) 153(1) 126(3) 138(4)! 129(5) HSG,POY outburst AH Her (UGZ) 140(1) 141(2) 141(3) 138(4) 141(5) CMG,KNN,MKJ,MRV,POY,SQN faded from standstill CH Her (UG) <151(1) <151(3) <151(4) <151(5) HSG,POY,SQN V589 Her (UG) <148(1) <148(3) <148(4) <148(5) POY V592 Her (UG:) <147(1) <139(2) <147(3) <147(4) <147(5) KNN,Mkn,POY,SQN V660 Her (UG) <149(1) <149(3) <148(4) <149(5) POY V844 Her (=Var43 Her, UGSU) <150(1) <150(3) <150(4) <150(5) KNN,POY Var61 Her (UG) <152(1) <147(3) <149(4) <149(5) POY EX Hya (NLDQ(UG)+E) 134(1) 130(2) MLF VW Hyi (UGSU) 139(2) MLF WX Hyi (UGSU) <130(3) Stu TU Ind (UG) <142(3) Stu AY Lyr (UGSU) <142(1) <150(2) <150(3) <149(4) <148(5) HSG,KNN,MKJ,Mkn, POY,SQN CY Lyr (UG) <144(1) <149(2) <149(3) <148(4) <148(5) HSG,KNN,MKJ,POY,SQN DM Lyr (UGSU) <149(2) <149(3) <154(4) <152(5) HSG,KNN,POY LL Lyr (UG) <144(1) <148(2) <148(3) <150(4) <150(5) HSG,KNN,Mkn,POY,SQN V344 Lyr (UGSU) <148(2) <150(3) <148(4) <148(5) POY V391 Lyr (UGZ) <149(5) KNN V493 Lyr (UG) <144(1) <151(2) <151(3) <147(4) <151(5) HSG,POY,SQN HP Nor (UG) 133(3) 137(5) Stu outburst, fading V2051 Oph (UGSU+E) <138(3) 134(5) Stu outburst CN Ori (UGZ) 127(4) 126(5) Stu outburst V1159 Ori (UGSU(ER)) 127(4) 127(5) Stu superoutburst RU Peg (UGSS) 126(2) 127(4) 128(5) 127(6) CMG,DPA,HSG,KNN,POY,SQN EF Peg (UGSU) <144(1) <144(2) <154(4) <144(5) <144(6) HSG,POY,SQN HX Peg (UGZ) 154(4) <143(6) POY IP Peg (UGSS+E) <138(1) <138(2) 155(4) <154(5) <141(6) HSG,POY,SQN TZ Per (UGZ) 129(1) 128(2) 131(4) 134(5) 134(6) HSG,KNN,POY,SQN outburst UV Per (UGSU) <141(1) <151(2) <151(3) <156(4) <153(5) <152(6) HSG,KNN, MRV,POY,SQN UW Per (UG:) <135(1) <135(2) <156(4) 148(5) <151(6) HSG,POY,SQN FO Per (UGZ) 137(4) 143(5) HSG outburst, fading KT Per (UGZ) 145(4) 146(5) 146(6) HSG,KNN,POY NS Per (UG) <146(4) <146(6) POY PU Per (UG) <154(4) <150(6) POY PV Per (UGSU) <149(4) <149(6) POY QY Per (UG) <156(4) <150(5) <149(6) HSG,POY V336 Per (UG) <149(4) <149(6) POY TY Psc (UGSU) <140(5) KNN New Psc (UG?) <141(5) KNN BX Pup (UGZ) 143(4) 144(5) Stu outburst FQ Sco (UG) <140(3) Stu V893 Sco (UG:) <134(3) <134(5) Stu UZ Ser (UGZ) <135(3) Stu NY Ser (=PG1510+234, UGSU) <151(3) <147(4) 150:(5) POY RZ Sge (UGSU) <143(1) <143(2) <150(3) <153(4) <153(5) <144(6) HSG,POY,SQN WZ Sge (UGSU+E) <143(1) <145(2) <149(3) 150:(4) 154(5) <149(6) HSG,POY, SQN AW Sge (UG) <149(3) <150(4) <153(5) <149(6) HSG,POY TU Tri (UG) <155(4) POY TX Tri (UG) <155(4) POY UW Tri (UGSU:) <149(4) POY SU UMa (UGSU) 125(2) MRV CH UMa (UGSS) 148(1) 147(3) 148(4) 147(5) POY CI UMa (UGSU) <141(3) POY SS UMi (UGSU) <150(2) <150(3) <147(4) <147(5) HSG,POY,SQN CU Vel (UGSU) <135(3) Stu TW Vir (UGSS) <132(3) 132(5) Stu outburst TY Vul (UG) <147(2) <147(3) <147(5) POY VW Vul (UGSU:) <150(2) 153:(3) <150(5) KNN,POY FY Vul (UGZ:) 146(2) 146(3) 147(5) 148(6) POY SN1998di (HeDN) 168(2) SCH USNO1425.09823278 (UGSU) <154(4) <149(5) <147(6) HSG,POY Other Cataclysmic and Peculiar Objects Z And (ZAND) at minimum, 106-109 CMG,HSG,POY EG And (ZAND) 74-75 HSG,JSD,POY HP And (UG?) <140 HSG,POY,SQN LS And (NA:/UG:) <146-<155 POY S Aps (RCB) 96(2) MLF V603 Aql (NA) 113-115 HSG,POY V1413 Aql (NC+E) 127 POY U Aqr (RCB) at maximum, 110(4) POY SV Ari (N:/UG:) possibly at minimum, <152(4) POY TT Ari (NLAD) at maximum, 109(4) POY XX Cam (RCB) at maximum, 75 POY UV Cas (RCB) at maximum, 107-109 HSG,POY V635 Cas (HMXB(Be)+XN) 151-153 POY V705 Cas (NB) 152-153 POY V723 Cas (=Nova Cas 1995, NB) 121(2) 121(3) 125(4) 124(5) 121(6) CMG,HSG, POY V803 Cen (NLAC) 131-142 MLF,Stu V854 Cen (RCB) at maximum, 75(1) MLF Z CMa (INA) 133(2) CMG WX CrA (RCB) 114(2) MLF R CrB (RCB) at maximum, 59-61 CMG,JSD,LTO,Mkn,POY T CrB (NR) at minimum, 100-105 CMG,JSD,Mkn,POY,SQN TW Crv (R) 131(1) MLF TX CVn (ZAND) at minimum, 100(3) POY BF Cyg (ZAND) 116-117 POY CH Cyg (ZAND+E:) 77-80 CMG,DPA,JSD,POY CI Cyg (ZAND+E) at minimum, 109-117 HGL,HSG,POY V404 Cyg (XN) possibly at minimum, <148-<153 POY V407 Cyg (M+ZAND) 133(5) KNN V482 Cyg (RCB) 108-117 HSG,POY V751 Cyg (NLAD) 141-146 HSG,POY V1016 Cyg (ZAND/NC) at maximum, 108-109 POY V1057 Cyg (FU) 129-130 POY V1329 Cyg (ZAND/NC+E) 132 POY Q Cyg (NA) 145-149 POY HR Del (NB) at minimum, 118-120 HSG,POY AG Dra (ZAND) 93-97 CMG,HSG,JSD,MKJ,MRV,POY,SQN YY Her (ZAND) at minimum, 131-133 CMG,HSG,POY,SQN AM Her (AM) 130-137 HSG,POY,SQN DQ Her (NB+NLDQ+E) 141-143 POY HZ Her (LMXB+XP+E) 133-138 POY V443 Her (ZAND) at minimum, 121-122 POY V592 Her (UG:) possibly at minimum, <133-<147 KNN,Mkn,POY,SQN EX Hya (NLDQ+E+UG) 130-134 MLF BL Lac (BLLAC) 142-146 HSG,KNN,POY,SQN HR Lyr (NA) <147-<150 POY MV Lyr (NLAD) possibly at minimum, <142-<150 HSG,POY V358 Lyr (UG:/NA:) possibly at minimum, <146-<151 POY V369 Lyr (NA:/UG:) <150(5) KNN RS Oph (NR) at minimum, 113-115 CMG,POY AG Peg (ZAND) 85-89 DPA,JSD,POY X Per (HMXB(Be)+GCAS) 63-64 POY AX Per (ZAND+E) at minimum, 120 DPA,POY GK Per (NA+DN) at minimum, 131-132 HSG,POY RZ Psc (ISB:) 114(5) KNN V818 Sco (LMXB) 123(1) MLF EU Sct (NA) <141-<149 POY FS Sct (NA:) <142-<146 POY nova1981 Sct (N??) <139 POY X Ser (NB) possibly at minimum, <139(1) SQN LX Ser (NLAD+E) 148-153 POY,SQN V Sge (NL+E) 118-126 CMG,DPA,HSG,POY SV Sge (RCB) at minimum, 157(2) otherwise negative MRV,POY FG Sge (pec) <137-<151 MRV,POY HM Sge (ZAND/NC) 109-118 DPA,POY QW Sge (ZAND) 114 POY VZ Sgr (RCB) at maximum, 106(2) MLF GU Sgr (RCB) at maximum, 103(2) MLF V1223 Sgr (NLDQAD) 131(1) MLF V1860 Sgr (RCB:) 121(1) MLF V1988 Sgr (ZAND:) 127(1) MLF V2905 Sgr (ZAND) 123(1) MLF V3795 Sgr (RCB) 118-119 MLF V3804 Sgr (ZAND) 124(1) MLF V4074 Sgr (ZAND/NB:) 115(2) MLF V4334 Sgr (=Sakurai's object, pec) 121(2) MRV nova1998 Sgr (NA) 120(1) 117(3) MLF,Stu SU Tau (RCB) 119-120 HSG,MRV RS Tel (RCB) 101(2) MLF Z UMi (RCB) 113-117 CMG,HSG,MRV,POY,SQN RW UMi (NB) <139-<153 HSG,SQN IX Vel (NLUX) 98(2) MLF RZ Vul (pulsating?) 116-123 HSG,POY WW Vul (ISA) at maximum, 106-108 DPA,HSG PU Vul (ZAND/NC) 116 POY 3C66A (QSO) 146-147 POY 3C371 (QSO) 153-155 HSG,POY EsB365 (Carbon star,pec?) 93(2) MLF GD552 (CV) <147 POY HD49798 (DS) 80(2) MLF Lanning17 (N?) <143-<149 POY NSV05543 (UG?) <144(3) POY PG2337+300 (CV) 136-138 POY,SQN SN1998dh (SNIa) 142(2) Rod TmzV32 (?) 123(5) KNN Key to observers CMG G. Comello DPA A. Diepvens HGL H-G. Lindberg HSG G. Hanson JSD J. S. Day KNN T. Kinnunen KSL L. Kiss LTO T. Lange MKJ J. McKenna MLF B. Monard MRV R. J. Modic Mkn N. Makiguchi POY G. Poyner Rod D. Rodriguez SCH M. Schwartz SQN L. E. Shaw Scp P. Schmeer Stu R. Stubbings