vsnet-ip@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp, vsnet-outburst@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp Subject: HT Cam in outburst! URGENT observations are needed! From: Ryoko Ishioka <ishioka@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Fcc: +Backup X-Mailer: Mew version 1.94.2 on Emacs 19.34 / Mule 2.3 (SUETSUMUHANA) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HT Cam bright outburst! As Eddy Muyllaert (Oostende, Belgium) reported, HT Cam (a ultra short-period CV; also renowned for its infrequent very brief outbursts) is undergoing an unprecedentedly bright outburst!! [vsnet-alert 7617] All sorts of observations (time-resolved continous photometry, spectroscopy, X-ray observation etc.) are MOST URGENTLY needed. The object is currently the top priority target of the VSNET campaign. The outburst is probably very short (within 3 days) and immediate observations are needed. But there still remains the possibility that this object is an SU UMa star and this outburst is a superoutburst. Please observe this objest as long as possible and keep us informed of the progress of your observation! During the last outburst occurred in 2001 Decmber, about 8 min oscilation was detected. Fot more information of thie object, see VSNET HT Cam Web page (http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/DNe/htcam.html) and PASJ 54, 581 (2002) ishioka et al. (http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/preprints/HT_Cam/) Visual magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code CAMHT Jan 19.767 12.4 Seq. Henden Best Regards, Ryoko Ishioka