*** News from VSNET *** Nova Cir 2003 (= DE Cir) was discovered by W. Liller on images taken on October 9 For more detail information about these objects, see below, "VSNET Weekly Campaign Summary" of the last week. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VSNET (Variable Star Network) is an international variable star observing network, covering various areas of novae, supernovae, cataclysmic variables (CVs), X-ray transients, and other classical eruptive, pulsating, and eclipsing variables. VSNET is one of invited contributing organizations to the SkyPub AstroAlert system. The "News from VSNET", mainly focusing on recent remarkable activities of CVs and related systems, is issued on a weekly basis, except on occasions of extremely urgent or transient events. Please refer to the VSNET Home Page for more details of events and objects listed. 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(VSNET campaign members are strongly recommended to subscribe to vsnet-alert at the same time). Regards, Taichi Kato On behalf of the VSNET administrator team ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following was issued on October 13, 2003, as VSNET campaign circulation 1417 [Note a large part of detailed information is posted to vsnet-campaign sub-lists]. VSNET Weekly Campaign Summary *** Last week news *** (new targets) DE Cir (RA = 15h17m52s.48, Dec = -61d57'16".4) = Nova Cir 2003 W. Liller discovered a possible nova on photographs taken on October 9. No star brighter than magnitude 11.0 was seen on images taken on October 4 (vsnet-campaign-nova 1508, 1509). N. J. Brown confirmed the object at 9.9v mag on October 10.51 (vsnet-campaign-nova 1511). S. Otero also reported a confirmation on October 11 (vsnet-campaign-nova 1515, 1516). W. Liller took a spectrum of the object on October 11, and found a strong and broad H-alpha emission line whose FWHM was at least 5100 km/s. The nova nature of the object has been established with this observation. He reported = 10.27 +/- 0.03 and B-V = +0.39 +/- 0.05 on at October 10.991 (vsnet-campaign-nova 1518, 1525). P. Nelson reported a possible short flare at V=8.98 on October 10.6 UT (vsnet-campaign-nova 1524, 1526). The nova is now about 10 mag (vsnet-campaign-nova 1519, 1520, 1527). V1113 Cyg (RA = 19h22m38s.62, Dec = +52d43'51".1) An outburst was reported on October 4 (vsnet-campaign-dn 4001). The outburst rapidly faded (vsnet-campaign-dn 4004). GY Cnc (RA = 09h09m50s.5, Dec = +18d49'47") E. Muyllaert reported on October 8 that the eclipsing dwarf nova GY Cnc is undergoing an outburst (13.9mag) (vsnet-campaign-dn 4003). The outburst is now ongoing (vsnet-campaign-dn 4009). IW And (RA = 01h01m08s.82, Dec = +43d23'27".3) The object keeps bright for about two weeks. It may be a long outburst or standstill (vsnet-campaign-dn 4005). LL And A possible outburst was reported on October 9, but not confirmed. R. Ishioka reported the object was fainter than 16mag on October 9 (vsnet-campaign-dn 4006, 4007). SN 2003iq (RA = 01h59m19s.92, Dec = +17d59'41".8) SN 2003iq appears in the same spiral galaxy NGC 772 as SN 2003hl. At the discovery, the new object is slightly brighter than SN 2003hl. The expected maximum for typical SN Ia in this galaxy is mag about 14.7 (vsnet-campaign-sn 705). (continuous targets) RU Hor (RA = 02h46m05s.38, Dec = -63d35'04".0) The object now clearly shows a systematic superhump period change, although the period derivative seems to show rather unusual behavior (a small initial increase, followed by a rather sudden decrease). The changes seem to have occurred with a time scale of 1 day (vsnet-campaign-dn 4002). AG Dra (RA = 16h01m40s.98, Dec = +66d48'10".3) The outburst is now ongoing. It was reported to be 9.2-9.5mag (vsnet-campaign-symbio 86). MisV1147 (RA = 22h54m03s.78, Dec = +58d54'02".1) The relatively bright state continues. No major fading event was observed (vsnet-campaign-orion 64). SV Sge (RA = 19h08m11s.75, Dec = +17d37'41".3) The object still keeps fading. It was reported at 12.1-12.4mag during the last week (vsnet-campaign-rcb 165, 167). RZ Vul (RA = 19h47m14s.7, Dec = +19d29'16") The object is still in a deep fading state (vsnet-campaign-unknown 256). CH Cyg (RA = 19h24m33s.07, Dec = +50d14'29".5) The object has further brightened (vsnet-campaign-symbio 85). V838 Mon (RA = 07h04m04s.816, Dec = -03d50'50".94) S. Kiyota's observations show a slight brightening in V-band in the end of September (vsnet-campaign-v838mon 432, 433). V585 Lyr (RA = 19h13m58s.5, Dec = +40d44'09") The object remains faint without no rebrightening during the last week (vsnet-campaign-dn 4000). V475 Sct (RA = 18h49m37s.60, Dec = -09d33'50".85) This nova is fading again (vsnet-campaign-nova 1507, 1521). *** Future schedule *** Call for Proposals for Cycle 1 of the Swift Guest Investigator Program Notices of Intent due: October 6, 2003 Proposal due date: December 1, 2003 [vsnet-campaign-grb 39] Stellar-Mass, Intermediate-Mass, and Supermassive Black Holes Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan October 28 - 31, 2003 http://vsnet.astro.isas.ac.jp/conference/bh2003/ [vsnet-campaign-agn 6] [vsnet-campaign-xray 260] ASTRONOMICAL POLARIMETRY CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 15-19 March 2004, Waikoloa Beach Marriott, Waikoloa, Hawaii http://vsnet.jach.hawaii.edu/JACpublic/JAC/pol2004 [vsnet-campaign-polar 35] IAU Symposium No. 222 - BHSIGN Conference The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei March 1-5, 2004, Gramado, Brasil http://bhsign.if.ufrgs.br/ [vsnet-campaign-agn 5] WEBT campaign on AO 0235+16 Campaign with VLBA conducted by Claudia M. Raiteri from September 2003 see [vsnet-campaign-blazar 305] X-RAY AND RADIO CONNECTIONS Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 3 - 6 February 2004 http://vsnet.aoc.nrao.edu/events/xraydio/ [vsnet-campaign-xray 258] X-Ray Timing 2003: Rossi and Beyond November 3-5, 2003 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics http://hea-www.harvard.edu/xrt2003/ [vsnet-campaign-xray 242] AR UMa and AM Her campaign with the HST TOO program conducted by S. Saar and F. Ringwald see [vsnet-campaign-polar 24] QS Tel: Call for observations TOO program with the Chandra conducted by C. Mauche until the end of 2004 see [vsnet-campaign-polar 28] WEBT Campaign for AO 0235+16 with XMM-Newton January-February 2004 please contact to Claudia M. Raiteri, see [vsnet-campaign-blazar 301] Multiwavelength AGN Surveys a "Guillermo Haro" Astrophysics Conference organized by INAOE December 8-12, 2003 Cozumel, Mexico http://vsnet.inaoep.mx/~agn2003/ [vsnet-campaign-agn 4] Conference: THE INTERPLAY AMONG BLACK HOLES, STARS AND ISM IN GALACTIC NUCLEI in Gramado, south of Brasil, March 1-5, 2004 for more information, please contact to BHSIGN@if.ufrgs.br [vsnet-campaign-agn 3] eta Car: The next "shell event"/X-ray eclipse M. Corcoran reported the event will occur this summer. Coordinated ground-based observations of eta car along with the X-ray observations would be really important. For more information: Latest X-ray light curve: http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/users/corcoran/eta_car/etacar_rxte_lightcurve/ [vsnet-campaign-sdor 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 46] [vsnet-campaign-xray 172] Light curve provided by S. Otero: http://ar.geocities.com/varsao/Curva_Eta_Carinae.htm [vsnet-campaign-sdor 22, 32, 33] *** General information *** Preprint on VSNET http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/preprints/VSNET/vsnet.ps (PS) http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/preprints/VSNET/vsnet.pdf (PDF) http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/preprints/VSNET/ (other files) [vsnet-campaign 1416] Nova Cir 2003 Chart presented by S. Otero: http://ar.geocities.com/varsao/Carta_the_Aps.htm http://ar.geocities.com/varsao/Carta_DE_Cir.htm http://ar.geocities.com/varsao/Carta_DE_Cir_tel.htm [vsnet-campaign-nova 1510,1517] Images by B. Monard: http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/Novae/nova_cir03/mon1.gif http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/Novae/nova_cir03/mon1.fits [vsnet-campaign-nova 1522] VSNET page: http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Novae/ncir03.html [vsnet-campaign-nova 1522] V475 Sct and V5113 Sgr Spectrum taken by M. Fujii: http://vsnet1.harenet.ne.jp/~aikow/v475_sct_v5113_sgr.gif [vsnet-campaign-nova 1523] RU Hor and V3774 Sgr Outburst image taken by B. Monard: RU Hor: http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/DNe/RU_Hor/mon1.gif http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/DNe/RU_Hor/mon1.fits V3774 Sgr: http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/DNe/V3774_Sgr/mon1.gif http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/DNe/V3774_Sgr/mon1.fits [vsnet-campaign-dn 4008] (This summary can be cited.) Regards, Makoto Uemura
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