[vsnet-campaign-dn 492] Re: UV Gem faint

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Re: [vsnet-campaign-dn 491] UV Gem faint

>     The Kyoto team started tonight observation on UV Gem with 30-cm 
> SC telescope + ST-7E on 12:30 (UT).  The object is faint but still 
> visible on our screen.  The current magnitude is about R~16.2.  
> The fading rate from the maximum is somewhat faster than that of 
> superoutbursts.  We will take a long (~5 hours) run on this object tonight.  

   Since five days have already past since the initial detection, the
present magnitude is not inconsistent with a superoutburst.  Perhaps the
zero point difference of the sequence may have (partly) resulted the
seemingly rapid fading.  Preliminary analysis of the Kyoto images between
the initial detection and now seems to support that the object has retained
the magnitude of 15.5+/-.  The present outburst is likely a superoutburst,
although the magnitude may be slightly fainter than previous ones.
The eye-astrometry of the outbursting object by Yamaoka-san yields a
silighly different position from that in DWS.  More detailed astrometry
will be duly done.

Regards,
VSNET Collaboration team

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