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V803 Cen started rapid fading! Dear Colleagues, We have received new, again very exciting, data from Greg Bolt and Neil Butterworth. On June 8, the object started fading *very* rapidly. The fading rate (of the initial part of the decline) was 4.2 mag/d !! During this fading, the superhump signal became stronger (in amplitude), and the profile became slightly doubly humped. From what we have learned in the past observations of V803 Cen and CR Boo, this stage lasts for only a brief time, and the object will soon rebrighten to a certain magnitude (somewhere below the superoutburst maximum), and start oscillating. The present outburst will provide an excellent opprtunity to follow the evolution of the outburst and superhumps, and we encourage intensive coverage. Regards, Taichi Kato VSNET Collaboration team
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