[vsnet-alert 268] Re: Z Cha

["J. Hers" <docnet!jhers@docnet.infolink.co.za>]

On Mon, 6 Nov 1995, tom marsh wrote:

> 
> Calling Southern Hemisphere observers!
> 
> Last week I relayed information on outbursts of the southern dwarf novae
> OY Car and Z Cha. I now urgently need to know the status of Z Cha.
> i.e. is it undergoing a superoutburst or not?
> 
> I need to know this in order to trigger observations with the International
> Ultraviolet Explorer. Unfortunately bad weather in New Zealand has prevented
> many observations being made, but it seems possible that it is only a normal
> outburst.
> 
> Therefore if anyone can see RA 08 08, Dec = -76 23, please have a go and let
> me know the answer. 
> 
>  Tom Marsh
> 
> 
No Tom, sorry ifI disappoint you, but this outburst of Z Cha seems to 
have been a very short one. Danie Overbeek could not see it on Nov.1  and 
early morning on Nov 5 I made it <14.0.  But as long as the weather is 
good I shall keep opn watching it.
Kind regards,
Jan Hers, Sedgefield, South Africa.

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