[vsnet-alert 1653] Rare outburst of BZ UMa brightens!

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Rare outburst of BZ UMa brightens!

  Timo Kinnunen reports the rare outburst of the suspected SU UMa-type
dwarf nova, BZ UMa, has further brightened.  The present magnitude is
the second brightest in recent years, next to the 1996 May outburst (mv=10.6).
The present bright outburst may be the beggining of a long-waited
superoutburst.  Observations are highly encouraged.

  For more informaition on BZ UMa, see

http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/DNe/bzuma.html
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/DNe/bzuma9605.html
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/DNe/bzuma9701.html

  Recent observations:

  YYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  980315.542  <141  (T. Watanabe)
  980315.608  <128  (H. Maehara)
  980316.588  <124  (H. Maehara)
  980316.588  <141  (T. Watanabe)
  980318.558  <134  (H. Maehara)
  980319.155  <158  (G. Hanson)
  980319.942  <154  (G. Poyner)
  980321.938  <154  (E. Broens)
  980321.958  <154  (G. Poyner)
  980322.475  <141  (G. Hanson)
  980322.658  <128  (H. Maehara)
  980322.858  <137  (G. Poyner)
  980323.880  <154  (E. Broens)
  980324.447  <157  (G. Hanson)
  980325.146   158: (G. Hanson)
  980330.292  <141  (L. E. Shaw)
  980330.944  <137  (G. Poyner)
  980331.151   160: (G. Hanson)
  980401.182  <157  (G. Hanson)
  980403.613  <141  (T. Watanabe)
  980404.419   159: (G. Hanson)
  980405.476  <157  (G. Hanson)
  980405.969  <137  (P. Schmeer)
  980406.853   122  (E. Muyllaert)
  980406.869   121: (E. Broens)
  980407.799   111  (T. Kinnunen)

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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