I noticed that ASAS-3 wa the first one to catch V445 Pup's outburst: PUPV445 20000926.780 <120p Nry PUPV445 20001120.281 8.81V ASA PUPV445 20001121.274 8.77V ASA PUPV445 20001122.331 8.68V ASA PUPV445 20001123.780 88p Had PUPV445 20001124.225 8.73V ASA PUPV445 20001125.300 8.71V ASA PUPV445 20001126.326 8.73V ASA PUPV445 20001128.215 8.71V ASA PUPV445 20001128.703 86p Tmz PUPV445 20001128.748 88p Nry PUPV445 20001129.278 8.57V ASA PUPV445 20001130.311 8.46V ASA PUPV445 20001201.281 8.60V ASA PUPV445 20001201.770 88p Had PUPV445 20001202.301 8.83V ASA PUPV445 20001203.265 8.80V ASA PUPV445 20001206.242 8.97V ASA PUPV445 20001207.243 9.17V ASA ...and so on. We only started observing it by December 30, but it had been there bright 40 days before discovery. Its actual maximum took place by November 30, 2000 at V= 8.46. The strong oscilations reported are present in ASAS-3 data too! So we made it well visually! ;-)) Regards, Sebastian.

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