Dear Colleagues, We Ouda-team observed HT Cas on Nov 15 with a CCD with V filter attached to a 60-cm reflector. HT Cas was found to be already somewhat brighter than usual quiescent level at that time with an averaged level of V=16.14 outside eclipses. An eclipse was observed approximately centered at HJD24450037.147, with a duration of 12 min which is apperently longer than mentioned (~6 min) by Welsh (vsnet message #317). No evidence of orbital hump was observed. For follow-up observers, a PostScript finding chart with V-magnitude is available at : http://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/charts/HT_Cas.ps . The forecast time of eclipses of HT Cas are listed below (times are geocentric). YYMMDD hh:mm:ss (UT) 951118 05:16:20 951118 07:02:23 951118 08:48:27 951118 10:34:30 951118 12:20:33 951118 14:06:36 951118 15:52:39 951118 17:38:43 951118 19:24:46 951118 21:10:49 951118 22:56:52 HJD (mid-eclipse) = 2443727.93721 + 0.0736472039E And the table of comparison stars are listed below. AAVSO Misselt(1995) VSNET (Alert 217) V B-V approx. V ---------------------------------------------- 95 101 104 106 109 11.88 +0.59 11.84 (113) 115 124 127 134 13.62 +0.85 136 anon 13.92 +0.85 13.90 just south of HT Cas 143 14.33 +1.59 14.23 anon 14.61 +1.02 14.62 west to AAVSO (109) 151 14.70 155 15.19 +1.86 15.19 156 15.02 anon 15.58 +1.79 15.57 faint star just SE to HT Cas 159 15.82 163 16.18 166 15.91 Needless to say, close monitoring is highly encourged. Best Regards, Hajime Baba and Ouda-team