Dear Colleagues, we started a CCD run on this star right now. The sky seems good, even with some probability to have fog in the incoming hours. We wanted to confirm the outburst: the star is around mag 15 on Feb. 05 at 18.45 UT. Regards, Gianluca and Alessia CBA - Italy Patrick Schmeer wrote: > > RX J0459.7+1926 is currently undergoing its first ever recorded outburst > (mag 15 on Feb. 5.149 UT). > > Coordinates for Tau3 from DWS97: 04:59:44.03 +19:26:22.9 (J2000.0) > > Time-resolved photometry and spectroscopy are recommended. > > Regards, > Patrick > > P.S.: > More details later this evening. -- *********************************************************************** * Gianluca Masi "Two things fill the soul * * Via Madonna de Loco, 47 with awe and reverence [...]: * * 03023 Ceccano (FR) the starry sky above me and * * ITALY the moral law within me" * * e-mail: gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it * * web: http://vsnet.eurolink.it/comets/ I. Kant * * Minor Planet Center Obs. Code: 470 - Ceccano * * Center for Backyard Astrophysics - Italy * ***********************************************************************