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[vsnet-alert 879] CVC 136 (RU LMi, S 10932, AK Cnc, DV UMa, V795 Cyg, SX LMi)



BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. -  Working Group Variable Stars
Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.136                  1997, May 05
Ed.: T. Vanmunster, Walhostraat 1A, 3401 Landen, BELGIUM
     Internet: tvanmuns@innet.be                  TEL. 32-11-831504
     CBA Belgium Web Page : http://vsnet.astro.columbia.edu/~cba/be
===================================================================

RU LMi [UG, 13.8p - 19.5p]
==========================

Gene Hanson, Az, USA and Timo Kinnunen, Finland independently
report an outburst detection of this CVAP object. Available
observations :

1997 May 3.90  UT, <15.4  (T. Kinnunen, visual);
     May 4.88  UT,  14.9  (T. Kinnunen);
     May 5.226 UT,  14.8  (G. Hanson, seq: AAVSO, visual);

RU LMi was discovered as a faint blue variable star (Ton 1143) at
Tonantzintla Observatory. According to our information, the last
confirmed outburst was seen on March 8, 1997 when RU LMi reached
mag 14.6. It was a short outburst, lasting 3 days only.

This is a poorly studied object, so it certainly deserves an
intensive monitoring. The orbital period of RU LMi is 6.02h.

 
S 10932 [UG:+E, 13.4 - 18.5p]
=============================

The S 10932 Com outburst, reported in CVC 135, clearly was a short 
outburst, as indicated by the observations below. Two CBA stations 
(Robert Fried - CBA Braeside and Tonny Vanmunster - CBA Belgium) 
followed the outburst by differential CCD photometry. From their data, 
mid-eclipse times were derived. After applying heliocentric correc-
tions, the resulting times clearly indicate that the ephemerides
given in CVC 135 is still applicable without further refinements.

-------------------------------------------
DATE (UT)       MAGN   MS  OBSERVER   
-------------------------------------------
1997 04 12.053  15.7   CU  Jensen
1997 04 15.031 <15.0   CU  Jensen
1997 04 23.889  14.1   CU  Vanmunster
1997 04 23.909  14.1   mv  Poyner - Correction to CVC 135
1997 04 23.964  14.1   mv  Poyner - Correction to CVC 135
1997 04 24.670 <14.41  CV  Koshiro
1997 04 24.693  15.39  CV  Ouda
1997 04 25.172 <15.2   mv  Hanson
1997 04 25.702  15.82  CV  Ouda
1997 04 25.84  <15.5   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 26.246 <16.1   mv  Hanson
1997 04 26.87  <15.5   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 27.199 <15.2   mv  Hanson


AK Cnc [UGSU, 13p - <17p]
=========================

This outburst, first mentioned in CVC 135, was not intensively
monitored. It therefore is impossible to determine whether this
was a superoutburst or normal outburst.

-------------------------------------------
DATE (UT)       MAGN   MS  OBSERVER   
-------------------------------------------
1997 04 22.906 <13.7   mv  Poyner
1997 04 23.882  13.2   mv  Poyner
1997 04 23.914  13.1   CU  Vanmunster
1997 04 23.914  13.2   mv  Poyner
1997 04 24.201  13.8:  mv  Burrows
1997 04 29.881  14.7:  mv  Poyner


DV UMa [UGSU, 15.4v - 20.6v]
============================

We received several observations of the present outburst, which
are summarized below, including lots of mid-eclipse timings, made
both visually and by CCD techniques.

We also refer to the CBA Web site (http://vsnet.astro.columbia.edu/~cba)
for a more detailed discussion and light curve of DV UMa.

-------------------------------------------
DATE (UT)       MAGN   MS  OBSERVER   
-------------------------------------------
1997 04 07.887  <15.2   mv  Poyner
1997 04 07.890  <14.8   mv  Vanmunster
1997 04 08.849   13.9   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 08.910   13.9   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 08.931   14.0   mv  Vanmunster
1997 04 09.889   14.6   mv  Poyner
1997 04 09.896   14.04  CU  Jensen
1997 04 10.028   14.5   mv  Poyner
1997 04 10.486   14.55  CU  Koshiro
1997 04 10.629   14.52  CV  Ouda
1997 04 10.631   14.6   mv  Itoh 
1997 04 10.861   14.6   mv  Poyner
1997 04 10.980   14.0   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 10.9930  14.4   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 11.859   15.30  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 11.940   14.4   mv  Poyner                
1997 04 11.945   15.08  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 12.029   15.14  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 12.528   14.9   mv  Itoh
1997 04 12.888   15.24  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 12.951   14.9   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 12.975   15.13  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 13.566   14.81  CV  Ouda                  
1997 04 14.505   14.52  CV  Ouda
1997 04 14.813   14.7   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 14.841   14.3   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 14.862   16.31  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 14.949   15.86  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 15.8062  15.72  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 15.888   14.8   mv  Poyner
1997 04 15.8944  16.02  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 15.9784  16.20  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 16.833   15.4   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 16.8375  16.51  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 16.9222  16.18  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 17.0083 <16.0   CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 17.0097 <16.0   CU  Jensen
1997 04 18.8986 <16.0   CU  Jensen
1997 04 18.9000 <16.0   CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 18.9013 <16.0   CU  Jensen
1997 04 18.9868 <16.0   CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 18.9881 <16.0   CU  Jensen
1997 04 19.465   14.81: CV  Koshiro
1997 04 19.8430  16.37  CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 19.9284 <16.0   CU  Jensen (eclipse timing)
1997 04 19.9298 <16.0   CU  Jensen
1997 04 20.8201  15.30  CU  Jensen
1997 04 20.904  <14.4   mv  Poyner
1997 04 20.97   <14.6   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 22.479   15.42  CV  Koshiro
1997 04 24.486   15.77  CV  Koshiro
1997 04 24.539   15.91  CV  Ouda
1997 04 25.465   16.24  CV  Koshiro
1997 04 25.574   15.97  CV  Ouda
1997 04 25.85   <15.6   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 26.86   <15.6   mv  Kinnunen



V795 Cyg [UGSS, 13.4p - <17.9:p]
================================

The observations below conclude our monitoring action of the present
outburst, which lasted for more than 10 days.

-------------------------------------------
DATE (UT)       MAGN   MS  OBSERVER   
-------------------------------------------
1997 04 07.010  13.0:  mv  Schmeer
1997 04 07.082  13.4   CU  Jensen
1997 04 07.142  12.7   mv  Schmeer
1997 04 08.037  12.7   mv  Worraker
1997 04 08.05   12.7   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 08.082  12.6   mv  Poyner
1997 04 08.09   13.1   CU  Vanmunster
1997 04 10.103  13.1   mv  Poyner
1997 04 11.05   12.6   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 12.099  13.7   mv  Jensen
1997 04 12.109  13.0   mv  Poyner
1997 04 13.091  13.7   mv  Jensen
1997 04 13.02   14.0   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 15.040  13.9   mv  Jensen
1997 04 16.052  13.8   mv  Poyner
1997 04 16.103  14.1   CU  Jensen
1997 04 17.05   14.1   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 17.062  14.7   CU  Jensen
1997 04 19.088  16.7   CU  Jensen
1997 04 21.01  <14.6   mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 24.043 <14.4   mv  Poyner



SX LMi [UGSU, 16B]
==================

The SX LMi superoutburst is over now, as one can derive from the
photometric summary below.

-------------------------------------------
DATE (UT)       MAGN   MS  OBSERVER   
-------------------------------------------
1997 04 07.810   13.4  mv  Jensen
1997 04 07.887   13.2  mv  Broens
1997 04 08.84    13.1  mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 09.879   13.4  mv  Poyner
1997 04 09.885   13.5  mv  Jensen
1997 04 10.862   13.2  mv  Poyner
1997 04 10.98    13.3  mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 11.809   13.8  mv  Jensen
1997 04 11.954   13.6  mv  Poyner
1997 04 12.805   14.0  mv  Jensen
1997 04 12.96    13.4  mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 14.806   14.2  mv  Jensen
1997 04 14.83    13.8  mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 15.888   13.9  mv  Poyner
1997 04 16.088   14.35 CU  Jensen
1997 04 16.808   14.5  CU  Jensen
1997 04 16.82    14.3  mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 18.817   15.3  CU  Jensen
1997 04 19.817   15.9  CU  Jensen
1997 04 20.813  <16.0  CU  Jensen
1997 04 20.905   14.8: mv  Poyner
1997 04 20.96    15.0  mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 25.84   <15.6  mv  Kinnunen
1997 04 26.85   <15.6  mv  Kinnunen


Tonny Vanmunster

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