TV Col outburst: observations needed! As reported by Rod Stubbings (vsnet-alert 5419) and Berto Monard (vsnet-alert 5420), the intermediate polar TV Col is in outburst (or in bright state). The last reported brightening was observed on 2000 Apr. 25 (reaching mv=12.1; vsnet-alert 4677, 4746), which experienced very rapid fading. Follow-up observations (esp. time-resolved photometry and spectroscopy) of the present outburst are very urgently needed. TV Col has an orbital period of 0.2286 d and the white dwarf spin period of 1911 s. Follow-up information will be provided in vsnet-ip. Detailed progress of observations should be sent to vsnet-campaign-ip. Regards, Taichi Kato VSNET Collaboration team