VSNET CV Circular 1997.01 (up to Jan. 15) (JD 0d = 50449) edited by T. Kato Dwarf Novae RX And (UGZ) 151(1) 148(2) 148(3) 144(4) 146(5) 146(6) 145(7) 132(8)! 128(9)! 120(10) 122(11) 118(12) 113(13) 110(14) 111(15) AFO,BMU, BRJ,BRO,BSM,CMG,DGL,DIE,GRL,HGL,HSG,Ioh,JEN,JRJ,KNN,MOE,Mkn,Nts,Oud, PIE,POY,SQN,Ths rise to full outburst! AR And (UGSS) <136(1) <143(2) <139(3) <143(7) <139(8) <143(9) <139(10) <145(11) <139(12) 124(13) 119(14) AFO,BRO,BSM,DIE,HSG,JRJ,KNN,MOE, Mkn,PIE,SQN outburst DX And (UGSS) 146(1) <149(2) 148(3) 144:(6) <142(7) <142(8) <138(9) <138(10) <138(11) <142(12) <144(13) 146(14) <145(15) BRO,BSM,HSG, Ioh,JRJ,MOE,Mkn,Oud,POY,SQN,Ths FN And (UGSS) <155(1) <147(2) <147(3) <137(8) <137(9) <137(10) <138(11) <137(12) <155(13) <155(14) <142(15) BRO,BSM,HSG,Mkn,POY,Ths FO And (UGSU) <147(2) <138(3) <142(4) <140(8) <140(9) <140(10) <140(11) <140(12) <154(13) BRO,HSG,Mkn KV And (UGSU) <145(1) <144(2) <145(3) <138(6) <141(8) <141(12) <145(13) <145(14) BRO,HSG,Ioh,POY KW And (UG) <147(1) <143(3) <147(13) <147(14) BRO,POY VZ Aqr (UG) <122(1) MOE SS Aur (UGSS) 151(1) <147(2) 150(3) <147(6) <145(8) <147(9) <145(11) <145(12) <139(13) 152(14) <145(15) BMM,BSM,CMG,DIE,HSG,Ioh,JRJ, MOE,POY,SQN FS Aur (UGSU:) <150(1) <146(3) 151:(11) <148(13) <142(14) BRO,PIE,POY TT Boo (UGSU) <121(1) <135(7) <139(8) <148(9) <148(15) BMM,HSG,KNN,MOE UZ Boo (UGSU) <143(8) <143(9) <133(15) HSG,POY Z Cam (UGZ) 113(1) 112(2) 114(3) 118(5) 119(6) 124(7) 124(8) 122(9) 122(10) 121(11) 123(12) 121(13) 126(14) 128(15) BMM,BMU,BSM,CMG, DIE,HSG,Ioh,JEN,JRJ,MOE,PIE,POY,SQN AF Cam (UGSS) 134(1) 136(2) 136(3) 140(5) 138(6) 138(7) 144:(8) <141(9) <141(10) <141(11) <141(12) <146(14) HSG,JEN,KNN,Mkn,PIE,POY,SQN AM Cas (UG) <145(2) 140(5) 130(6) 127(7) 135(9) <142(14) DIE,HSG,JEN,SQN GX Cas (UGSU) <145(1) <141(2) <145(3) <141(7) <141(8) <141(9) <141(10) <141(11) <141(12) <145(14) <142(15) BSM,HSG,POY,SQN,Ths HT Cas (UGSU+E) <147(1) <143(2) <151(3) <139(4) <143(7) <143(8) <143(9) <143(10) <143(11) <143(12) <147(13) <147(14) <145(15) BRO,HSG,Ioh, MOE,Mkn,POY,SQN,Ths KU Cas (UG) <147(2) <138(3) <142(4) <138(7) <138(8) <138(9) <138(10) 135(11) 137(12) <138(14) <141(15) BSM,HSG,JEN,Mkn,PIE,SQN,Ths V452 Cas (UG) <141(1) <141(3) <141(14) POY MU Cen (UG) <122(6) <122(13) MLF V436 Cen (UGSU) <122(6) <122(13) MLF V442 Cen (UG) <124(6) <124(13) MLF CG Cep (UG) 143:(11) 143:(13) PIE FX Cep (UG) <145(1) <145(3) <145(14) POY WW Cet (UGZ) 114(6) 111(7) MKA,SQN WX Cet (UGSU) <146(6) <146(7) <119(14) SQN Z Cha (UGSU+E) 119(8) 119(9) MLF,Nel HL CMa (UGSS) 113(1) 111(2) 115(3) 117(6) 120(7) 121(8) 127(9) 132(10) 140(12) <137(14) BSM,HSG,Ioh,JEN,PIE,POY,SQN SV CMi (UGZ) 130(9) 130(11) 131(13) 136(14) 137(15) BMM,JEN,PIE AQ CMi (UGSU) <145(1) <148(2) <142(3) <153(15) POY SY Cnc (UGZ) 117(1) 118(2) 118(3) 133(7) 132(9) 138(11) 138(13) 136(14) 135(15) CMG,HSG,JEN,JRJ,PIE,POY YZ Cnc (UGSU) 110(1) 112(2) 111(3) 115(6) 115(7) 118(9) 122(11) 138(13) 144(14) 145(15) AFO,BSM,CMG,HSG,JEN,JRJ,MOE,PIE,POY AK Cnc (UGSU) <145(3) <146(10) <153(15) POY,Ths AT Cnc (UGZ) 134(1) 134(3) 132(6) 135(7) 132(9) 132(11) 133(13) 133(14) 135(15) JEN,PIE,POY,Ths CC Cnc (UGSU) <148(1) <141(3) <143(10) <146(11) <152(15) JEN,POY,Ths DE Cnc (UG) <147(1) <142(3) <153(15) POY EG Cnc (UGSU) <146(1) 163(2) 161(3) 133(4) 155(5) <148(6) 159(7) <148(8) 157(9) 137(10)! 147(11) 163(12) 162(13) <156(14) 162(15) HSG,Ioh, JEN,KNN,Kis,Mkn,Oud,PIE,POY,SQN,Ths,Wnt AL Com (UGSU) <137(2) <147(3) <147(10) <147(15) Ioh,POY GO Com (UGSU:) <148(15) POY TT Crt (UGSS) <132(9) 132(13) OBK outburst TU Crt (UGSU) <120(13) MLF SS Cyg (UGSS) 120(1) 117(2) 117(3) 120(6) 120(7) 121(8) 122(9) 121(10) 120(11) 121(12) 120(13) 122(14) BRO,BSM,DGL,DIE,GRL,HSG,JRJ,KNN, MOE,Mkn,PIE,POY,SQN,TKV EM Cyg (UGZ) <125(1) <128(3) 136:(9) 136:(10) 130:(11) 132(13) 132(14) AFO,HSG,KNN,MOE,Mkn,PIE EY Cyg (UGSS) <125(1) <145(8) <145(9) <145(10) 128(11) 126(12) 121(13) 118(14) AFO,BRO,HSG,KNN,MOE,PIE,POY,Scp outburst in progress V337 Cyg (UG:) <140(14) POY V503 Cyg (UGSU) <142(14) POY V516 Cyg (UG) 140(3) <142(8) <142(9) <142(10) <141(12) <142(13) <142(14) BRO,HSG,JEN,POY V542 Cyg (UG) <139(7) <142(8) <138(9) <138(10) <142(14) HSG,POY,SQN V630 Cyg (UGSU) <149(13) <143(14) BRO,POY V632 Cyg (UG) <146(13) <146(14) BRO,POY V811 Cyg (UG) <134(8) <140(9) <140(10) HSG V1028 Cyg (UGSU) <137(1) <143(6) <141(7) <141(8) <141(9) <141(10) <140(14) BSM,HSG,POY,SQN V1060 Cyg (UG) <147(13) <146(14) BRO,POY V1113 Cyg (UGSU) <136(14) POY V1251 Cyg (UGSU) <140(1) <141(7) <143(13) <142(14) BRO,BSM,POY,SQN V1363 Cyg (UGZ:) <145(14) POY V1454 Cyg (UG) <139(14) POY V1504 Cyg (UGSU) <145(13) BRO AB Dra (UGZ) 133(1)! 127(2) 128(3) 125(4) 124(7) 126(8) 127(9) 127(10) 131(11) 132(12) 138(14) 139(15) BMM,BSM,HSG,JEN,MOE,PIE,POY DO Dra (UGSS) <150(1) <143(2) 152:(3) <143(8) <143(9) <144(10) <143(11) <143(12) <150(14) BSM,HSG,Ioh,MOE,POY AH Eri (UG) <150(3) <150(6) <140(10) <140(14) <143(15) Kis,SQN,Ths AQ Eri (UGSU) <138(3) <144(10) <148(15) Mkn,Ths U Gem (UGSS+E) 143(1) 142(2) 143(3) 142(4) <138(6) 141(7) 142(8) 140(9) 141(10) 144(11) 142(12) 141(13) 142(14) 143(15) CMG,DGL,DIE,HSG, JEN,JRJ,KNN,LTO,MOE,Nts,PIE,POY,SQN,Ths AW Gem (UGSU) <152(1) <142(2) <145(3) <143(4) <145(10) <152(14) <145(15) Mkn,POY,Ths IR Gem (UGSU) 120(1)!* 130(2) 138(3)* <145(4) <138(8) <138(9) <147(10) <138(11) <138(12) <151(14) <149(15) DIE,HSG,Ioh,JRJ,Mkn,POY,Ths AH Her (UGZ) <115(1) 143:(8) 142:(9) 125(15) DIE,HSG,MOE outburst VAR43 Her (UGSU) <140(4) JEN CT Hya (UGSU) <151(15) POY EX Hya (NLDQ(UG)+E) <122(6) <122(13) MLF VW Hyi (UGSU) 123(1) <124(3) <124(4) <124(5) Far,MLF WX Hyi (UGSU) 124:(3) 125:(4) <125(5) <124(14) Far,MLF T Leo (UGSU) <145(2) <145(3) Ioh X Leo (UGSS) 137(1) 148(2) <147(3) <143(8) <143(9) <147(10) <143(11) <135(12) 133(13) 123(14) 126(15) BMU,HSG,Ioh,JRJ,PIE,POY outburst RU LMi (UG) <142(1) <142(3) <153(15) POY RZ LMi (UGSU(ER)) <141(1) 142(3) 143(4) 140(6) 162(12) 149(13) 169(15) JEN, Oud,POY SX LMi (UGSU) <144(1) <144(3) <155(15) POY AY Lyr (UGSU) <136(8) <139(9) <134(10) HSG DM Lyr (UGSU) <130(9) HSG LL Lyr (UG) <124(1) <143(9) HSG,MOE V493 Lyr (UG) <134(9) HSG TU Men (UGSU) <122(5) <122(14) MLF BI Ori (UGZ) <142(7) <142(14) SQN CN Ori (UGZ) 124(1) 128(3) 141(14) BSM,DIE,JEN,POY,SQN CZ Ori (UGSS) 126(1) 131(3) <152(14) DIE,JEN,POY,SQN V344 Ori (UGZ) <149(1) <149(3) <149(14) POY V650 Ori (UG:) <145(1) <149(3) <149(14) POY V1159 Ori (UGSU(ER)) 137(1)* 138(2) 143(3)! 150(4) 147(6) 149(7)! 140(8) 154:(9) <149(10) 146(12) 151(13) 136(14) 140(15) BSM,Kis,Oud,PIE, POY,SQN RU Peg (UGSS) 126(1) 124(2) 126(8) 126(9) 125(10) 126(11) 124(12) 127(14) 129(15) BSM,DGL,DIE,GRL,HSG,Ioh,JRJ,KNN,MOE,POY,Ths EF Peg (UGSU) <139(1) <144(14) BSM,POY HX Peg (UGZ) 129(15) Ths outburst IP Peg (UGSS+E) <138(1) <138(2) <138(3) 152(5) <138(6) <138(7) <138(8) <138(9) <138(10) <138(12) <138(14) <146(15) BSM,HSG,Ioh,JEN,MOE, Mkn,POY,SQN,Ths TZ Per (UGZ) 146(1) <140(2) 145(3) <140(6) 131(7) 129(8) 128(9) 132(10) 133(11) 138(12) 139(13) 142(14)! 139(15) AFO,BRO,DGL,DIE,HSG,JEN, KNN,PIE,POY,SQN,Ths UV Per (UGSU) <152(1) <146(2) <152(3) <138(6) <138(7) <146(8) <141(9) <146(10) <141(11) <145(12) <146(13) <152(14) <146(15) BRO,BSM,DIE, HSG,Ioh,MOE,POY,SQN,Ths FO Per (UGZ) <125(3) <125(4) 136(5) 134(11) 140(13) AFO,JEN,Nts,PIE KT Per (UGZ) <147(1) <141(2) 134(3)! 123(5) 123(6) 120(7) 125(9) 139(11)! <145(13) 149(14) AFO,BRO,DIE,HGL,HSG,JEN,MOE,PIE,POY NS Per (UG) <146(1) <146(3) <146(14) POY PU Per (UG) <146(1) <146(3) <145(13) <146(14) BRO,POY PV Per (UGSU) <145(1) <149(3) <149(13) <149(14) BRO,POY PY Per (UGZ:) <138(14) SQN QY Per (UG) <149(1) <149(3) <142(13) <150(14) BRO,POY V336 Per (UG) <144(1) <144(3) <144(14) POY TY Psc (UGSU) <142(2) <138(3) <142(4) <138(11) <151(13) BRO,Mkn VZ Pyx (UGSU) <124(5) <124(13) MLF RZ Sge (UGSU) <125(1) <134(9) <134(10) HSG,MOE WZ Sge (UGSU+E) <124(1) MOE V701 Tau (UGSU) <147(1) <147(3) 157(11) 154(12) 155(13) 153(14) 155(15) Oud,POY,VAN superoutburst TU Tri (UG) <140(1) <140(3) <140(14) POY TX Tri (UG) <146(1) <145(3) <145(14) POY UW Tri (UGSU:) <149(1) <144(3) <149(13) <144(14) BRO,POY SU UMa (UGSU) 140(1) 141:(2) 142(3) <140(8) <140(9) <139(10) <140(11) <140(12) 139(14) HSG,MOE,POY SW UMa (UGSU) <147(1) <147(2) <147(3) <135(7) <145(8) <145(9) <147(10) <146(11) <139(12) <147(14) BSM,HSG,Ioh,KNN,MOE,POY BZ UMa (UGSU:) <154(1) <141(2) <154(3) <141(8) 132(9)! 119(10)! 135(11)! 144(12)! 157(13) <154(14) 159(15) BSM,HSG,Ioh,JEN,KNN,MOE,Mkn,Oud, PIE,POY CH UMa (UGSS) 148(1) <140(2) 149(3) <132(6) <140(8) <140(9) <137(10) <140(11) <137(12) 147(14) HSG,Ioh,KNN,MOE,POY CY UMa (UGSU) <144(1) <147(2) <147(3) <148(11) <141(12) <148(14) HSG,POY DI UMa (UGSU(ER)) <142(1) <141(2) <142(3) 150:(11) 152(12) 153(13) 146(14) 154(15) HSG,Oud,PIE,POY,SQN superoutburst DV UMa (UGSU:+E) <144(1) <152(2) <152(3) <152(14) POY ER UMa (UGSU(ER)) 134(1) 132(3)! 125(6) 124(7) 128(9) 130(11) 133(12) 132(13) 134(14) 134(15) JEN,Oud,PIE,POY,Wnt superoutburst SS UMi (UGSU) 135(9) JEN CU Vel (UGSU) <124(5) <124(13) MLF HS1804+6753 (UGSS+E) <134(8) <134(9) <134(10) 133(14) HSG,PIE,POY outburst S10932 (UGSU:+E) <144(6) KNN Other Cataclysmic and Peculiar Objects Z And (ZAND) at minimum, 103-108 CMG,HGL,HSG,JEN,MOE,Mkn,POY,SQN DZ And (RCB??/CST?) at maximum, 100 BSM,MOE EG And (ZAND) 74-78 HGL,HSG,Kat,MOE,Nts,POY,Ths HP And (UG?) <140-<141 BRO,HSG,POY LS And (NA:/UG:) <140-<155 BRO,Ioh,POY,Ths PX And (NL+E) 145-156 JEN,Oud UX Ant (RCB:) 120 MLF S Aps (RCB) <117 Far,MLF V1302 Aql (IR) 114(1) MOE AE Aqr (NLDQ) 113(1) MOE SV Ari (N:/UG:) <138-<145 Mkn,POY TT Ari (NLAD) at maximum, 104-107 HSG,MOE,POY UV Aur (M+ZAND) 95-97 Nts,Wnt KR Aur (NLAD) 137(2) 142(6) 142(9) 14(11) Ioh,JEN XX Cam (RCB) at maximum, 70-76 HSG,MOE,Nts,SQN BY Cam (AM) bright state, 149 POY AG Car (SDOR) 65-67 Far,MLF HR Car (SDOR) 78-79 MLF eta Car (SDOR) 58-60 Far,MLF UV Cas (RCB) at maximum, 107-113 DIE,HSG,MOE,POY BC Cas (NA:) <141(15) Ths V635 Cas (HMXB(Be)+XN) 150-151 BSM,POY V705 Cas (NB) 136-140 CMG,JEN,Mkn,POY nova1995 Cas (NB) 105(1) 104(2) 106(3) 109(4) 106(5) 104(6) 105(7) 105(8) 105(9) 106(10) 105(11) 103(12) 105(13) 104(14) 106(15) BMM,BMU, BSM,CMG,DGL,DIE,GRL,HSG,Ioh,JEN,JRJ,LTO,MOE,Mkn,Nts,PIE,POY,SQN,TKV, Ths UW Cen (RCB) <122 Far,MLF DY Cen (RCB) <124(5) MLF V766 Cen (SDOR) 71(14) MLF V854 Cen (RCB) at maximum, 76-77 Far,MLF Z Cir (RCB) 122-123 MLF VY CMa (LC/IR) 84-85 MLF ZZ CMi (ZAND) 99 Nts BG CMi (NLDQ) <147(6) Kis W Com (BLLAC) 142(15) otherwise negative POY R CrB (RCB) 60-66 BMM,BMU,DIE,HSG,Ioh,JEN,JRJ,Kat,MOE,POY T CrB (NR) at minimum, 100-108 DIE,HSG,JEN,MOE,POY BI Cru (ZAND) 106-108 Far,MLF BP Cru (HMXB) 108-110 Far,MLF TX CVn (ZAND) at minimum, 100-102 HSG,MOE,POY BF Cyg (ZAND) 116(1) MOE CH Cyg (ZAND+E:) 93-99 DGL,HSG,LTO,MOE,POY,TKV CI Cyg (ZAND+E) at minimum, 110-120 HSG,MOE,Mkn,POY V482 Cyg (RCB) 125-131 CMG,DIE,HSG,Ioh,JRJ,MOE,Mkn,POY V1016 Cyg (ZAND/NC) at maximum, 107-109 JEN,MOE,POY V1057 Cyg (FU) 129-133 JEN,MOE,PIE,POY V1329 Cyg (ZAND/NC+E) 139(14) otherwise negative MOE,POY V1515 Cyg (FU) 126 JEN,MOE Q Cyg (NA) 149(14) POY HR Del (NB) at minimum, 118-121 HSG S Dor (SDOR) 96 Far,MLF AG Dra (ZAND) 95-102 BSM,CMG,DGL,DIE,HSG,JEN,MOE,POY SY Gem (N:/UG:) <138(1) POY CI Gem (N:/UG:) <145-<150 POY NQ Gem (ZAND) 77 Nts YY Her (ZAND) at minimum, 134(9) otherwise negative HSG,MOE AM Her (AM) bright state, 130-132 HSG,MOE V443 Her (ZAND) at minimum, 119(1) MOE RW Hya (ZAND) at minimum, 91-92 MLF EX Hya (NLDQ+E+UG) <122 MLF SY Hyi (RCB?) 121-122 MLF U Leo (N??) <143-<152 POY SS Lep (ZAND) 49-53 Kat,Ths,Wny GW Lib (UG:) <121(6) MLF SS LMi (UG:/N:) <142-<155 POY T Lyn (M+ZAND:) 118(7) DIE BH Lyn (NL+E) 143-147 JEN MV Lyr (NLAD) <125(1) MOE BX Mon (ZAND+E?) 122 POY V616 Mon (XN) possibly at minimum, <143-<148 POY,Ths V651 Mon (PN+E) 138(1)* 133(2) 135(3) 132(4) 137(6) 142(7) 133(9) 136(10) 126(12) 133(13) 132(14) 139(15) Ioh,Mkn,Oud,POY,SQN,Ths,Wnt fluctuation between mag 13-14 Y Mus (RCB) 105-106 MLF SY Mus (ZAND) 106-107 MLF RT Nor (RCB) 111 MLF RZ Nor (RCB) 114-115 MLF V341 Nor (NA) <122(6) MLF FU Ori (FU) 90-95 DIE,Kat,MOE,Ths,Wny GR Ori (N:) <148 Ths V1118 Ori (INT(EX)) 158-163 Oud V1143 Ori (INT(EX)) 165-171 Oud AR Pav (ZAND+E) 112:(15) MLF AG Peg (ZAND) 86-90 DIE,GRL,MOE X Per (HMXB(Be)+GCAS) 64-65 DGL,Kat,POY,Wny AX Per (ZAND+E) at minimum, 116-120 BSM,DIE,MOE,POY FY Per (NL) <125(1) MOE GK Per (NA+DN) at minimum, 130-136 BRO,BSM,DIE,HGL,HSG,JEN,MOE,Mkn,Nts,POY, SQN,Ths V518 Per (XN) <145-<149 POY RX Pup (ZAND) 112-113 MLF CP Pup (NA) <126(13) MLF T Pyx (NR) at minimum, <125-<137 Far,Ioh,MLF V Sge (NL+E) 107-109 DIE,HSG,MOE SV Sge (RCB) at maximum, 107(1) MOE FG Sge (PN) 118(1) MOE HM Sge (ZAND/NC) 116(1) MOE SU Tau (RCB) at minimum, <122-<158 BMM,HSG,JEN,KNN,MOE,Nts,POY,SQN,Ths VY Tau (INT(EX)) 138-139 Oud UZ Tau (INT(EX)) 120-130 Oud RW Tri (NLUX+E) 127-129 JEN UX UMa (NLUX+E) 127 HSG AR UMa (AM) <133(1) BSM RW UMi (NB) <139 HSG WY Vel (ZAND) 85 MLF IX Vel (NLUX) 93-96 Far,MLF RZ Vul (pulsating?) 126: HSG,MOE WW Vul (ISA) at maximum, 107-109 GRL,MOE PU Vul (ZAND/NC) 114(1) MOE 3C66A (QSO) 142-149 KNN,POY 3C273 (QSO) 126(15) POY 3C279 (QSO) <135(15) POY GD552 (CV) <145 POY HD5980 (E/WR) 107-110 MLF MKN421 (BLLAC) 125-126 DGL,POY NGC4151 (Seyfert) 117(1) POY NSV07344 (RCB?) 86 MLF OJ287 (BLLAC) 149(14) otherwise negative Ioh,POY Key to observers AFO AFOEV observations (via E. Schweitzer) BMM M. Biesmans BMU R. J. Bouma BRJ J. Bortle BRO E. Broens BSM S. M. Brincat CMG G. Comello DGL D. Gill DIE A. Diepvens Far F. Farrell GRL B. H. Granslo HGL H-G. Lindberg HSG G. Hanson Ioh H. Itoh JEN L. T. Jensen JRJ R. J. Johanns KNN T. Kinnunen Kat T. Kato Kis S. Kiyota LTO T. Lange MKA M. Mattiazzo MLF B. Monard MOE M. Moeller Mkn N. Makiguchi Nel P. Nelson Nts M. Nakatani OBK D. Overbeek Oud Ouda team PIE J. Pietz POY G. Poyner SQN L. E. Shaw Scp P. Schmeer TKV V. Takvam Ths S. Takahashi VAN T. Vanmunster Wnt T. Watanabe Wny Y. Watanabe