[vsnet-alert 4017] (fwd) Re: RX J0640-24 in bright outburst

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

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From: "William S G Walker" <astroman@voyager.co.nz>
Subject: Re: RX J0640-24 in bright outburst
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 13:13:59 -0800

Hi,

All of these dates are more than a week old - is this a reposting of an old
message or has this star rebrightened?

Regards,
Stan

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> From: Patrick Schmeer <extpasc@rz.uni-sb.de>
> To: vsnet-alert@kusastro.kyoto.u-ac.jp; cba-news@astro.bio2.edu; Patrick
Schmeer <extpasc@rz.uni-sb.de>
> Subject: RX J0640-24 in bright outburst
> Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 11:39 PM
> 
> RX J0640-24  (UG:)
> 
> RXJ0640-24  20000104.302  154C  Scp
> RXJ0640-24  20000106.348  115C  Scp
> Sequence:   USNO-A2.0 (red magnitudes) 
> Instrument: IRO (0.5-m RCT + AP-8)
> 
> A minor brightening was observed with the same instrument on 1999
> Dec. 14. The only previously known outburst was recorded on an ESO
> B plate (mag about 11).
> 
> This cataclysmic variable is also known as 1RXS J064047.8-242305
> and RE J0640-24.
> 
> USNO-A2.0 data: 06:40:47.723 -24:23:14.50 (2000.0) r= 14.7, b= 16.3
> 
> Robert Fried (Braeside Observatory) confirms the outburst and
> reports an instrumental unfiltered magnitude of 11.8 for Jan.
> 7.185 UT. 
> 
> Time-resolved photometry during the current bright outburst is
> strongly recommended.
>  
> Patrick

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