VSNET CV Circular 1996.12 (up to Dec. 9) (JD 0d = 50418) edited by T. Kato Dwarf Novae RX And (UGZ) 152(1) 150(2) 143(3) 151(4) 150(7) 147(8) BSM,DIE,Gre,HSG, Ioh,KSL,Mkn,Nmt,Oud,POY,Ths,Wnt AR And (UGSS) <145(2) <145(7) DIE,Wnt DX And (UGSS) 146(1) 144(2) <143(3) 148(4) <145(7) HSG,JEN,Mkn,POY,Ths, Wnt (reported to be rising, AAVSO News Flash) FN And (UGSS) <155(1) <155(2) 133(4) 137(7) HSG,PIE,POY,Ths,Wnt outburst FO And (UGSU) <147(1) <147(2) <143(3) <154(7) HSG,Mkn,Wnt KV And (UGSU) <145(1) <141(2) <141(3) <145(4) <145(8) Ioh,POY KW And (UG) <147(1) <147(2) <147(4) POY V725 Aql (UG) <141(1) POY VY Aqr (UGSU) <146(2) <146(4) BSM,POY SS Aur (UGSS) 150(1) 150(2) <143(3) 145(4) 145(5)! 118(6) 113(7) 113(8) AFO,BSM,CMG,DIE,HSG,Ioh,KSL,MRV,PIE,POY,Wnt outburst FS Aur (UGSU:) <156(1) <156(2) 149(4) POY TT Boo (UGSU) <135(2) <135(6) <144(7) Wnt UZ Boo (UGSU) <140(2) <132(6) <140(7) Wnt Z Cam (UGZ) 118(1) 119(2) 124(3) 129(4) 127(5) 130(6) 130(7) 131(8) AFO, BMU,BSM,DIE,Gre,HSG,Ioh,PIE,POY,Wnt end of short standstill AF Cam (UGSS) <141(1) <151(2) <151(4) <152(7) HSG,POY,Wnt AM Cas (UG) 131(2) 144(7) DIE,Ths GX Cas (UGSU) <145(1) <152(2) <152(4) <147(7) BSM,POY,Ths,Wnt HT Cas (UGSU+E) <151(1) <151(2) <142(3) <155(4) <145(7) <142(8) HSG,Ioh, Mkn,POY,Ths KU Cas (UG) <143(3) <148(7) Mkn,Wnt V452 Cas (UG) <141(1) <141(2) <141(4) POY CG Cep (UG) 143:(7) PIE FX Cep (UG) 146(1) 146(2) <145(4) POY WW Cet (UGZ) <136(7) Wnt WX Cet (UGSU) <119(1) <131(4) BSM,MLF Z Cha (UGSU+E) <123(1) <123(9) MLF HL CMa (UGSS) <130(3) <137(5) 114(6) 114(7) POY,Wnt AQ CMi (UGSU) <148(2) <153(5) POY SY Cnc (UGZ) 118(2) 120(5) 127(8) BSM,PIE,POY YZ Cnc (UGSU) 142(1) 125(4) 119(5) 136(7) AFO,BMU,BSM,POY AK Cnc (UGSU) <145(2) 152(5) <135(6) <151(7) POY,Wnt AT Cnc (UGZ) 134(2) 133(4) 132(7) PIE,POY CC Cnc (UGSU) <148(2) <152(5) POY DE Cnc (UG) <147(2) <152(5) POY EG Cnc (UGSU) 117(1) 121(2) 119(3) 127(4) 120(5) 125(6) 124(7) 125(8) BSM,DIL,HSG,Ioh,Kis,Mkn,Oud,PIE,POY,Scp,Wnt superoutburst SS Cyg (UGSS) 119(1) 119(2) 122(3) 121(4) 120(5) 118(7) 112(9) BMU,BSM, DIE,DIL,Gre,HSG,KSL,LTO,Nmt,POY,SSU,Wnt start of outburst EM Cyg (UGZ) 134(1) 134(2) 129(4) 134(7) BSM,HSG,PIE,POY EY Cyg (UGSS) 148(1) 148(2) 147(4) BSM,HSG,POY V337 Cyg (UG:) <145(1) <145(4) POY V503 Cyg (UGSU) 148(1) 147(2) <150(4) POY V516 Cyg (UG) <150(1) <150(2) 141(4) HSG,POY V542 Cyg (UG) <147(1) <147(2) <147(4) HSG,POY V630 Cyg (UGSU) <151(2) <149(4) POY V632 Cyg (UG) <146(2) <146(4) POY V795 Cyg (UG) <148(1) <148(2) <148(4) POY V811 Cyg (UG) <140(1) HSG V1028 Cyg (UGSU) <145(1) <151(2) <145(4) HSG,POY V1060 Cyg (UG) <151(1) <151(2) <151(4) POY V1089 Cyg (UG) <141(1) <141(4) POY V1113 Cyg (UGSU) <143(1) 139(2) <143(4) POY V1251 Cyg (UGSU) <153(1) <146(2) <146(4) BSM,POY V1316 Cyg (UG) 146(1) 146(2) 147(4) POY V1363 Cyg (UGZ:) <149(1) <149(2) <155(4) POY V1454 Cyg (UG) <139(1) <139(2) <139(4) POY V1504 Cyg (UGSU) 149:(1) <150(2) POY IO Del (UG:) <146(1) <147(4) POY AB Dra (UGZ) 147(1) 149(2) 149(4) 128(7) BSM,HSG,PIE,POY DO Dra (UGSS) <152(1) <152(4) <143(5) <134(6) BSM,POY,Wnt DV Dra (UG) <148(1) <148(2) <148(4) POY AH Eri (UG) <143(7) Ths U Gem (UGSS+E) 143(1) <142(2) 144(3) 143(4) <138(5) 147(6) BMU,BSM,CMG, DIE,HSG,POY,Wnt AW Gem (UGSU) <152(1) <155(4) POY IR Gem (UGSU) <151(1) <137(2) <152(4) <146(6) HSG,POY,Wnt CH Her (UG) <140(1) HSG VW Hyi (UGSU) <124(3) 95(7) 110(8) Far,MLF,Nel WX Hyi (UGSU) <125(1) <125(8) MLF T Leo (UGSU) <145(1) <145(2) <136(3) <136(6) <145(7) Wnt X Leo (UGSS) 123(2) 136(5) <147(7) Ioh,POY,Wnt RU LMi (UG) <142(2) <153(5) POY RZ LMi (UGSU) <141(2) 147(5) POY SX LMi (UGSU) <144(5) POY AY Lyr (UGSU) <150(1) <144(2) <147(4) HSG,POY CY Lyr (UG) 141(1) 139(4) 132(7) AFO,HSG,PIE,POY DM Lyr (UGSU) <146(1) <149(4) HSG,POY LL Lyr (UG) <143(1) HSG V344 Lyr (UGSU) 144(1) 144(2) 147:(4) POY V493 Lyr (UG) <151(1) <151(2) <151(4) HSG,POY TU Men (UGSU) <122(1) MLF BI Ori (UGZ) <146(6) <150(7) Wnt CN Ori (UGZ) <149(2) <133(4) <149(5) 128(7) AFO,BSM,Nel,PIE,POY outburst CZ Ori (UGSS) <152(1) <152(4) <144(7) POY,Wnt V344 Ori (UGZ) <149(1) <149(5) POY V650 Ori (UG:) <150(2) <150(5) POY V1159 Ori (UGSU) 146(1) <146(2) <136(4) <146(5) 133(7) 145(8) BSM,Kis,Oud, PIE,POY RU Peg (UGSS) 109(1) 111(2) 111(3) 112(4) 119(7) 123(8) AFO,BSM,DIE,Gre, HSG,Ioh,Nmt,PIE,POY,SSU end of outburst EF Peg (UGSU) <144(2) <154(4) POY HX Peg (UGZ) 142(7) Wnt IP Peg (UGSS+E) 124(1)! 124(2) 134(3) 125(4)* 141(7) 141(8) AFO,BSM,DIE, Gre,HSG,Ioh,JEN,PIE,POY,SSU outburst with eclipses TZ Per (UGZ) 142(1) 141(2) <133(3) 147(4) 139(7) DIE,HSG,Nmt,POY,Ths UV Per (UGSU) <152(1) <152(2) <146(3) <156(4) <146(5) <146(7) <146(8) BSM,DIE,Gre,HSG,Ioh,POY,Ths FO Per (UGZ) <142(2) 134(7) AFO,DIE,PIE KT Per (UGZ) 122(1) 121(2) 131(4) 132(7) DIE,Gre,POY,Ths NS Per (UG) <146(1) <146(2) <146(4) POY PU Per (UG) <150(1) <154(2) <154(4) POY PV Per (UGSU) <149(1) <149(2) <149(4) POY QY Per (UG) <150(1) <156(2) <156(4) 143(7) PIE,POY outburst V336 Per (UG) <144(1) <144(2) <144(4) POY TY Psc (UGSU) <143(3) Mkn UY Pup (UG) 136(7) Nel outburst VZ Pyx (UGSU) <124(1) <124(4) <124(9) MLF RZ Sge (UGSU) <150(1) <150(2) <150(4) HSG,POY WZ Sge (UGSU+E) <149(1) <149(2) <149(4) HSG,POY AW Sge (UG) <149(1) <149(2) <149(4) POY V701 Tau (UGSU) <151(1) <153(2) <153(4) POY TU Tri (UG) <140(1) <140(2) <155(4) POY TX Tri (UG) <146(1) <152(2) <155(4) POY UW Tri (UGSU:) <149(1) <149(2) <149(4) POY WY Tri (UG) <149(7) Wnt SU UMa (UGSU) 142(1) 142(2) <140(3) 142(4) <139(6) 139(7) HSG,PIE,POY,Wnt SW UMa (UGSU) <147(1) <139(2) <139(3) <147(4) <135(5) <139(6) <146(7) BSM,HSG,POY,Wnt BZ UMa (UGSU:) <154(1) <148(2) <147(3) <154(4) <137(5) <148(7) BSM,HSG, POY,Wnt CH UMa (UGSS) 135(1) 138(2) 147(4) 148(7) HSG,POY,Wnt end of outburst CY UMa (UGSU) <148(2) <148(5) POY DI UMa (UGSU) 155:(1) <153(4) POY DV UMa (UGSU:+E) <144(2) <152(5) POY ER UMa (UGSU) 132(1) 134(2) 134(3) 131(4) 133(6) 132(7) BMU,PIE,POY,Wnt superoutburst SS UMi (UGSU) <147(1) <150(2) <147(4) HSG,POY TY Vul (UG) <147(1) <147(2) <147(4) POY FY Vul (UGZ:) 143(1) 144(4) POY HS1804+6753 (UGSS+E) 149(1) 149(2) 149(4) HSG,POY Other Cataclysmic and Peculiar Objects Z And (ZAND) at minimum, 104-109 HSG,Mkn,Nmt,POY,Wnt EG And (ZAND) 74-78 GRL,HSG,Nmt,POY,Ths HP And (UG?) <117-<150 Nmt,POY,Wnt LS And (NA:/UG:) <146-<156 Ioh,POY,Ths,Wnt PX And (NL+E) 154(2) JEN UX Ant (RCB:) 119-120 MLF CI Aql (UG:/N:(E)) <145(1) POY V603 Aql (NA) 114-120 HSG,Ioh V1413 Aql (NC+E) 122 POY nova1995 Aql (NA) 144 POY R Aqr (M+ZAND) 104-105 BSM,Ths U Aqr (RCB) at maximum, 110-115 MLF,POY SU Ari (N?) <143(7) Wnt SV Ari (N:/UG:) possibly at minimum, <152 POY,Wnt TT Ari (NLAD) at maximum, 106-107 POY T Aur (NB+E) 151(7) Wnt UV Aur (M+ZAND) 102(3) Wnt KR Aur (NLAD) 143 Ioh QZ Aur (NA+E) <136(7) Wnt BY Cam (AM) bright state, 145-147 POY AG Car (SDOR) 59-69 Far,MLF HR Car (SDOR) 80 MLF eta Car (SDOR) 57-59 Far,MLF UV Cas (RCB) 107-114 HSG,POY,Wnt BC Cas (NA:) <141-<149 Ths,Wnt V592 Cas (NLUX) 124(7) Wnt V615 Cas (X-ray) 110(7) Wnt V635 Cas (HMXB(Be)+XN) 150-151 BSM,POY V705 Cas (NB) 128-139 BMU,CMG,Mkn,POY nova1995 Cas (NB) 105(1) 104(2) 106(3) 105(4) 102(5) 108(6) 106(7) 107(8) BMU, BSM,DIE,Gre,HSG,Ioh,KSL,LTO,Mkn,Nmt,PIE,POY,Ths,Wnt UW Cen (RCB) 94-96 Far,MLF V766 Cen (SDOR) 70(4) MLF V854 Cen (RCB) at maximum, 76(3) Far IV Cep (NA) <141(7) Wnt LO Cep (RCB?) 140(7) Wnt VY CMa (IR) 86(3) KSL W Com (BLLAC) 133(7) Wnt R CrB (RCB) 63-66 GRL,Ioh,POY,Wnt T CrB (NR) at minimum, 98-101 Wnt TX CVn (ZAND) at minimum, 99-100 POY,Wnt BF Cyg (ZAND) 117 POY CH Cyg (ZAND+E:) 91-101 BMU,BSM,HSG,LTO,Nmt,POY,Ths CI Cyg (ZAND+E) at minimum, 117-119 HSG,POY V404 Cyg (XN) possibly at minimum, <148-<153 POY V482 Cyg (RCB) 125-132 AFO,HSG,Ioh,POY V751 Cyg (NLAD) 139-140 POY V1016 Cyg (ZAND/NC) at maximum, 108-109 POY V1057 Cyg (FU) 128-129 POY V1329 Cyg (ZAND/NC+E) 140 POY V1330 Cyg (NA) <147(1) POY V1974 Cyg (NA) <145-<155 POY P Cyg (SDOR) 48(3) Ths Q Cyg (NA) 148-149 POY HR Del (NB) at minimum, 117-119 HSG,POY S Dor (SDOR) 96(3) Far AG Dra (ZAND) at minimum, 97-99 HSG,LTO,POY,Ths SY Gem (N:/UG:) <140-<141 POY,Wnt CI Gem (N:/UG:) <150-<154 POY DM Gem (NA) <138(6) Wnt NQ Gem (ZAND) 77(3) Ths YY Her (ZAND) at minimum, 133-134 HSG,POY AM Her (AM) 131-137 AFO,HSG,PIE,POY DQ Her (NB+NLDQ+E) 143(1) POY V443 Her (ZAND) at minimum, 120(1) POY EX Hya (NLDQ+E+UG) <122(4) MLF SY Hyi (RCB?) 122-124 MLF CP Lac (NA) <142(7) Wnt DI Lac (NA) 147(7) Wnt DK Lac (NA) <143(7) Wnt U Leo (N??) <143(5) POY SS Lep (ZAND) 52(3) Ths SS LMi (UG:/N:) <148(5) POY BH Lyn (NL+E) 141(7) Wnt HR Lyr (NA) <147-<150 POY MV Lyr (NLAD) at minimum, <131-<152 BSM,POY V358 Lyr (UG:/NA:) <139(1) POY BX Mon (ZAND+E?) 120-121 POY,Wnt HQ Mon (CV:) 125(7) Wnt KQ Mon (NLUX) 126(7) Wnt V616 Mon (XN) possibly at minimum, <148 POY V651 Mon (PN+E) 136(1) 131(2) 127(3) 120(4) 124(5) 126(6) 136(7) KSL,POY, Wnt remarkable eclipses Y Mus (RCB) 106(4) MLF FU Ori (FU) 93(3) Ths GR Ori (N:) <145-<151 Ths,Wnt V1143 Ori (INT(EX)) 168(8) Oud V1193 Ori (NL) 140(7) Wnt AG Peg (ZAND) 86-93 DIE,KSL,Nmt,POY,Ths X Per (HMXB(Be)+GCAS) 64-66 GRL,KSL,POY,Ths SZ Per (N??) <145(7) Wnt AX Per (ZAND+E) at minimum, 116-120 BSM,DIE,KSL,Nmt,POY,Wnt FY Per (NL) 120(7) Wnt GK Per (NA+DN) at minimum, 131-134 BSM,DIE,HSG,Nmt,POY,Ths,Wnt V400 Per (NAB) <140(4) POY V471 Per (ZAND) 134(7) Wnt V518 Per (XN) <149-<153 POY,Wnt CP Pup (NA) <126 MLF T Pyx (NR) at minimum, <125-<144 Ioh,MLF,Wnt EU Sct (NA) <141(1) POY FS Sct (NA:) <138(1) POY nova1981 Sct (N??) <139 POY V Sge (NL+E) 110-114 HSG,POY SV Sge (RCB) at maximum, 104-109 HSG,POY FG Sge (PN) 122-123 AFO,POY HM Sge (ZAND/NC) 119-120 POY QW Sge (ZAND) 116-117 POY SU Tau (RCB) at minimum, <142-<155 HSG,POY VY Tau (INT(EX)) 139-141 Wnt BW Tau (Seyfert) 145(7) Wnt V471 Tau (DS+E+N) 95(2) DIE RS Tel (RCB) 105(1) MLF RW Tri (NLUX+E) 129-130 JEN,Wnt AN UMa (AM) <150(7) Wnt EI UMa (NL) 150(7) Wnt RW UMi (NB) <139(1) HSG IX Vel (NLUX) 96 Far,MLF RZ Vul (pulsating?) 125-126 HSG,POY PU Vul (ZAND/NC) 115 POY 3C66A (QSO) 142 POY 3C371 (QSO) 155(1) POY GD552 (CV) at minimum, <144-<152 POY,Wnt HD5980 (E/WR) 106-107 Far,MLF MKN421 (BLLAC) 125-126 POY OJ287 (BLLAC) 148(5) otherwise negative POY Key to observers AFO AFOEV observations (via E. Schweitzer) BMU R. J. Bouma BSM S. M. Brincat CMG G. Comello DIE A. Diepvens DIL W. G. Dillon Far F. Farrell GRL B. H. Granslo Gre J. Greaves HSG G. Hanson Ioh H. Itoh JEN L. T. Jensen KSL L. Kiss Kis S. Kiyota LTO T. Lange MLF B. Monard MRV R. J. Modic Mkn N. Makiguchi Nel P. Nelson Nmt T. Nishimura Oud Ouda team PIE J. Pietz POY G. Poyner SSU S. Sakuma Scp P. Schmeer Ths S. Takahashi Wnt T. Watanabe