[vsnet-alert 1507] Outburst of V485 Cen

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Outburst of V485 Cen

  Rod Stubbings reports the outburst of V485 Cen, a peculiar SU UMa-type
dwarf nova having a 59-min orbital period.  During the May, 1997 superoutburst,
Paul Warhurst, University of Auckland (vsnet-alert 912) and Arkadiusz Olech
(OGLE-2 team, Las Campanas Observatory; vsnet-alert 926) detected superhumps.
(http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/DNe/v485cen.html).

  YYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  980227.474  <148  (R. Stubbings)
  980228.488   140  (R. Stubbings)
  980228.513   140  (R. Stubbings)

  Time-resolved photometry is recommended during the present bright
outburst.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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