Congratulations to all those involved with the discovery of the appearance of superhumps and to those who assured a previously unseen coverage of this unique variable. Everybody did, really, a great job!!!! Regards, Gianluca Scrive Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>: > WZ Sge genuine superhumps! > > Dear Colleagues, > > The analysis of the combined data on Aug. 4 (D. Starkey, Kyoto > data, > G. Masi, 3218 points, still growing in number) has clearly shown the > presence of a signal with an amplitude of 0.10 mag and a period of > 0.057197 +/- 0.000046 d. The phase-averaged light curve at this > period > shows sharply defined maxima, resembling those of "usual" superhumps > of SU UMa stars, and the phase 0.4 "shoulder", which had been the main > peak of early superhumps. WZ Sge now started to show long-waited > superhumps. The earliest strong evolution of this signature was > observed > around Aug. 4.53 UT. We have confirmed the all findings in > [vsnet-alert 6196, 6197 and 6199]. > > Congratulations! > > Regards, > Taichi Kato > VSNET Collaboration team > >