[vsnet-chat 25] Re: EG Cnc - first one?

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

    Regarding mutiple maxima of dwarf novae, T Leo is probably the best
known.  This star show triple maxima at least two times.  Even before I
started my career of variable star observing, I had been notified
by one of my variable star friends that T Leo is famous for its double
maxima -- but I failed to look back the corresponding record in literatures.
Someone knows?

 * * *

    I can vividly remember my first sighting of the T Leo outburst in 1987
January -- how bright the star looked against that particularly sparse field!
I then tried to detect superhumps by eye, standing several hours in the
snow, my colleague S. Fujino secured photographic observations.  Without
this outburst, I might not have chosen a way to an astronomer.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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