(1993 Mar. 30)
subject: CV Circular 1993.2 (FSPACE NO.3)
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FSPACE CV Circular 1993.2 (FSPACE NO.3) Edited by N.Makiguchi
*** HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH ***
First ever confirmed normal outburst of SW UMa!
Superoutburst of SU UMa (19-28)
Superoutburst of CY UMa (23-28) Taichi Kato detected superhumps in CY UMa
during its current outburst and confirms that it is a new SU UMa-type
variable. The previous superoutburst of this dwarf nova occurred in
December, 1991.
Dwarf novae in outburst were RX And(13-18 bright maximum), AR And(15-17)
HL CMa(15-25 long outburst), YZ Cnc(23-26)
CC Cnc(15-20 superoutburst!), IR Gem(24-25), X Leo(19-28 long outburst),
CN Ori(18-28), CZ Ori(20-25), IP Peg(Jan.30-Feb.5),
PG0943+521(10-15,22-27), Z Cam(in standstill)
V1974 Cyg (=Nova Cygni 1992) is fading slowly.
SU Tau shows a subtle fade by 0.2 to 0.3 mag. (Note added in proof: This
R CrB-type star reached around mv=11.0 at the end of March and seems to be
fading rapidly.)
FG Sge is steadily recovering from the current minimum.
* Note that this circular does not represent the official report of
VSOLJ or other organizations. This is a summary of variable stars
based on all the observations available to us.
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Z And (ZAND) at minimum, 107-108 GRL
RX And (UGZ) 136(1) <133,<139(5) 136(5) <130,<133(6) <125(9) <137(11)
123(13)Mkn 111(14)GRL 109(15)Mkn 108(17)Mkn 106(18)Yad
105(18)Kat 109(19)Ths,106(19)POY 103(20)Yad 106(21)POY
118(24)SCP in outburst. GRL,Kat,Mkn,Ths,Yad,SCP,POY
AR And (UGSS) <134(1) 138:(4) <130(6) <132(10) <137(11) <135(12) 134(13)
Mkn 120(15)Mkn,132(15)Arm 126(17)Mkn <130(18)
<140(23) in outburst. Arm,Mkn,Ths,Yad
DX And (UGSS:) <136(1) <144(5) <120(11) 148(19) <144(21) Mkn,POY
EG And (ZAND) 73-76 Kat,GRL,POY
FN And (UG) <136(1,4) <147(5) <130(6) <136(11) <133(12) <136(13)
<138(15,17) <155(19) <147(21) <138(23) Mkn,POY
FO And (UGSU) <138(1,4) <130(6) <136(11) <135(12) <136(13) <138(15,17,
23) Mkn
HP And (UG?) <130(5,19,21) POY
LS And (NA:UG:) <134(5) <146(5,19,21) Ths,POY
LL And (UG?) <130(5) <140(19,21)POY
PQ And (UGSU) <140(10) <135(15) <130(20) <137(25) Arm
V603 Aql (NA) 117(22) Kat
SV Ari (N? UG?) <145(5) <142(13) <141(15) <152(19) <145(21) Mkn,POY
TT Ari (NLAD) 105-107 GRL,POY,Yad,
SS Aur (UGSS) <135(1) <128:<125(2) <125,<132(5) <125(7,8) <132(9) <140
<132(10) <138,<140(15) <132(16,17) <141,<139,<138,149(18)
<130:,<139,149(19) <130,<139(20) 149(21) <132(24,25) <140
<135(25) 149(26,27) <139(28)
Arm,Kat,Ths Hsk,Mkn,Yad,GRL,POY
KR Aur (NLAD) 129(1) <125(5) 130(18) 129(25) Kat,Mkn,Ths
TT Boo (UGSU) <138(12) <135:(16,17,19,20) <135(26) Kat Mkn,GRL
UZ Boo (UG) <138(12) <144(20,22,26) Kat,Mkn,POY
CR Boo (NLAD) 147(26) POY
Z Cam (UGZ) 115-116 standstill, Arm,Sry,Yad,GRL,SCP,POY
XX Cam (RCB) 74-75 Kat,POY
AF Cam (UGSS) <141(5,10) <137(15) 155(18) <151(19) <141(20) <146(21)
<141(25) <146(27) Arm,POY
UV Cas (RCB) 106-108 GRL,Ths,Yad,POY
AM Cas (UGZ:) 132(15) <133(20) <135(25,28) Arm
HT Cas (UGSU+E) <136(1,4) <130,<147(5) <130(6) <140(10) <136(11) <130(15)
<125,<151(18) <155(19) <145,<130(20) <147(21) <130(25)
<147(27) <130(28) Arm,Kat,Ths,Mkn,Yad,POY
KU Cas (UG) <136(1,4) <140(5) <130(6) <134(11) <136(13) <138(15)
<142(20) Mkn,Ths,Yad
V452 Cas (UG) <125(5,18,19,21,27) POY
V630 Cas (UG) <141(5) <147(18) <147(19) <141(27) POY
V635 Cas (X-ray) <144(5,18) 155(19) <144(21,27) POY
V854 Cen (RCB:) 104(23) Kis
HL CMa (UGSS) <118(4) 125:(5) <135(10) <116(14) 123(15)Arm 116(18)Yad
113(18)Arm 112(18)Kat 106:(19)Ths 113(19)Arm 115(20)Yad
110(20)Arm 104(20)Ths 115(21)GRL 114(24)SCP 113(25)Arm
115(25)Kat Arm,GRL,Kat,SCP,Ths,Yad,Wny long outburst.
SV CMi (UGZ) <138(18) <133(25) Kat
AL Com (UG) <156(4) <147(20,22) <137(26) POY,Kat,Yad
GO Com (UG) <144(20) <148(22) POY
W Com (BLLAC) <148(20) 153(22) <148(26) POY
R CrB (RCB) at maximum, 58-65 Kat,Mkn,Ohk,Sry,Ths,Yad,SCP,GRL,POY
T CrB (NR) 98-105 at minimum. GRL,Kat,Mkn,POY,Sry,SCP,Yad
SY Cnc (UGZ) 117-129 in standstill Arm,Kat,GRL,POY
YZ Cnc (UGSU) 129(1)Mkn <130:(2) <118(4) <130(9) <135,<131(10) <130(11)
<132,<135(15) <130(16) <142(17) 130(18)Yad 126(18)Arm
130(18)Kat 135(19)POY <131(19)Arm 131(19)Ths 140(19)POY
<136(20) 150:(20) <135(20) 145(21)POY 133(23),124(24)SCP
116(24)Arm 124(25)Arm 134(26),136(27)POY <130(28)
in outburst. Kat,Yad,Arm,GRL,POY,SCP,Ths
AK Cnc (UGSU) <137(19) 145(21) <153(26) <145(27) POY
AT Cnc (UGZ) 131(10) 132(15,18) 131(19) 132(20) 131(25,28) Arm
in standstill
CC Cnc (UGSU:) <141(10) 133(15)Arm 131(15)Yad 133(17)Mkn 137(18)Arm
134(18)Kat 143(20)Yad 139(20)Arm138(20)Ths 143(25)
<135(28) in superoutburst. Arm,Kat,Mkn,Ths,Yad
EG Cnc (UG) <140(10,15,18) <150(19) 150-155(19)POY may be an adjacent
star <140(20) <150(21) POY
<140(25) <150(26,27) Arm,POY
TV Crv (=Tombaugh's star) (UG) <146(4) <130(20) <140(20) Yad,CAM
TX CVn (ZAND) 99-100 POY,GRL
SS Cyg (UGSS) 119:(2)GRL 125(2)POY 124(4)Yad 119:(5)Ths 124(5)POY 120(7)
GRL 120:(14)GRL 122(22)POY 120(25) SCP 120:(26)Kat 120(26)
Yad at minimum Kat,Ths,Yad,GRL,POY
BF Cyg (ZAND) 112-117 at minimum. GRL,Kat
CH Cyg (ZAND+E:) 78-84 Kat,Yad,GRL,Sry
CI Cyg (ZAND+E) 105-112 at minimum. Kat,GRL,POY
EM Cyg (UGZ+E) <130(16,20) GRL
V407 Cyg (ZAND+M) 113(4) 115(26) Yad Mira maximum
V482 Cyg (RCB) 109-113 at maximum. Kat,Yad,GRL,POY
V632 Cyg (UG) <146(5) POY
V1016 Cyg (ZAND+M (NC)) 104(7,16) 105(20) GRL
V1057 Cyg (FU) 121:(4)Yad
V1251 Cyg (UGSU) <143(5) POY
V1974 Cyg (=Nova Cyg 1992) (NA) nearly constant; reported at 104-113
Kat,Yad,DAH,GRL,SCP,POY,Sry
P Cyg (SDOR) 47-50 Kat,Yad,GRL
Q Cyg (NA) <144(5) POY
AB Dra (UGZ) <145(5) 125(9)GRL 133(17)GRL 147(19)POY <135(20) 146(21,
22) 147(26) GRL,POY
AG Dra (ZAND) 98-100 GRL,POY,Sry
DO Dra (UGSS) <135(10,18) <130,<142(18) <142(19) <135(20) <142(21)
153(22)POY <142(24)POY <135(25) <142,<134(26) <142(27)
<135(28) Arm,Kat,POY
AH Eri (UG) 140(14)PFW(communicated from CAM) <134(19)Ths
AQ Eri (UGSU) <125(4) <135(10) <138(11) <133(12) <136(13) <138(15,17)
<140,<135(18) <132(19) <135(20) <138(23) <135(25) Arm,Kat
Mkn,Yad
U Gem (UGSS+E) <136(1) <133,<124(2) <124(3) <126(4) <100(5) <119(7) <133
(8) <109(8) <124(9) <130:(9) <143,<126,<133,<109(10) <143
(13) <114(13) <133,<109,140,<114(14) 140:,141,142:(15)
<130:(17) 140,<133(17) <124,<135,142,143,<138,141(18) <145,
143,<130(19) <130:,147:, 143,<145(20) 143(21) <133(24,25)
143(25) <138(25) 143(26) 144(27) Arm,Hsk,Kat,Mkn,Yad,GRL,
POY,Hyf
AW Gem (UGSU) <136(1) <138(10,11) <142(14) <135(15) <141(17) <138(18)
<135(18) <155(19) <140(20) <152(21) <140,<135(25) <152(26)
<152(27)Arm,Kat,Mkn,POY
IR Gem (UGSU) <136(1) <138(10,11) <142(14) <138(15) <140(17) <138(18)
<151(19) <138(20) <151(22) 127(24)SCP 130(25)Arm 124(25)
Kat <151(27) in outburst Arm,Kat,Mkn,POY
NQ Gem (ZAND) 83(19,27) POY
AH Her (UGZ) 114(7)GRL <130(16,17) <128:(18) <130:(19) 135(22) 119(26)
POY
AM Her (AM) 131(26) Kat bright state
V592 Her (UG:) <150,<135(26) POY,Kat
T Leo (UGSU) <148(20,22) <142(22) <130(24,25) <148,<131(26) <148(27)
Kat,Arm,POY
X Leo (UGSS) <130:(2) <123(4) <130,<127(10) <130,<128(15) <135,<130(18)
<130(19) 124(19)POY 121(20)Arm 124(20)GRL 122(21)POY 123
(24)SCP 120(24)Arm 121(25)Arm 123(25)Kat 123(26)Kat,POY
142(27)POY 128(28)Arm long outburst.
RZ Leo (UGSU) <147(19,20,22) <140(20) <130(24,25) <147,<131(26) <147(27)
Arm,Kat,POY
TU Leo (UG?) <138(18) 148,147(19) 147(21) <134(25) 147(26,27) Kat,POY
SS Lep (ZAND) 49-50 Kat,Wny
AY Lyr (UGSU) 136(4)Yad <136(12) <134(22) <132(26) Kat,Mkn,POY,Yad
LL Lyr (UG) <150(4) <136(12) <131(26) Kat,Mkn,Yad
MV Lyr (NLAD) 124(22) POY
BX Mon (ZAND) 120 (22)POY
CW Mon (UGSS+E) <127(18,25) Kat
V616 Mon (XND) <131(5) <148(19,21,27) Ths,POY
V651 Mon (PN) 109-115 Ths,Yad,POY
RS Oph (NR) 116(22) 114(25) 116(26) Kat,POY
V426 Oph (UG:) 128(22) 126(28) Kat
BI Ori (UGZ) <150(20) Yad
CN Ori (UGZ) <128(5) <135(10) <130(15) 135(18)Arm 126(19)Arm 124(19)POY
123(20)Arm 123(21)POY 125(25)Arm 137(27)POY 130(28)Arm
Arm,Ths,POY
CZ Ori (UGSS) <114(5) <139(10) <134(15) <133,<140,<138,<150(18) <134,
<143,<148(19) 132(20)Arm 124(21)POY 132(25)Arm 140:(25)Kat
<148(27) in outburst. Arm,Kat,Ths,Yad,POY
FU Ori (FU) 93 Kat
V1159 Ori (UGSU:) 134:(18) 136(20) Yad
IP Peg (UGSS+E) 122-145(1-5)HEL(including light variation by eclipses)
143(6) HEL
X Per (GCAS+XP) 64-67 Kat,Ths,POY
TZ Per (UGZ) <135(2) <133,147(5) 129(10) <128(15) <127,147(18) 147(19)
<131(20) 147(21) 130(24) 128(25) 136(27) 131(28) Arm,POY
Ths,Kat
UV Per (UGSU) <139(2) <134,<143(5) <140(10) <127(15) <130,<152(18) <156
(19) <131(20) <152(21) <143(24) <137(25) <152(27) <130(28)
Arm,Kat,POY,Ths
UW Per (UG: N:) <138(2) <130,<147(5) <130,<153(18) <156(19) <151(21) <147
(24) <151(27)Kat,POY,Ths
AX Per (ZAND+E) 111-118 GRL,POY
DY Per (RCB:) 125-128 POY
FO Per (UGZ) <138(5) 133(15,18)Arm 138(20)Arm <142(25) Arm,Ths
FY Per (ISA/NL) 114-116 Mkn,Ths
GK Per (NA+NLDQ+DN) 128-134 Arm,Kat,Mkn,Ths,SCP,POY
KT Per (UGZ) 123(5) Ths
V400 Per (NAB) <140(19)POY
TY Psc (UGSU) <134(1) <132(4) <136(11) <133(12) 135(13):Mkn <138(15)
<136(25) Mkn
T Pyx (NR) <120(18) Kat
RZ Sge (UGSU) <123(26) Kat
SV Sge (RCB) 109(22,26) Kat
WZ Sge (UGSU) <123(26) Kat
FG Sge (pec) 132(4)Yad 123(26)Kat
HM Sge (ZAND NC) 113(26) Kat
RR Tau (RCB) 110-119 GRL,POY
SU Tau (RCB) 93-101 Arm,Hsk,Hyf,Kat,Ths,Yad,Yny,GRL,POY,SCP
HW Tau (UG) <140(19,21,27) POY
SU UMa (UGSU) <132(2,9) <135(10) <134(15) <134(16) <135(18) 142(19)POY
<134(19)Arm 137(19)POY 142(20)Arm 139(21)POY 137(24)POY
134,130(25)Arm 120(26)POY 111(27)POY 105(28)Arm
super outburst! Arm,GRL,Kat,POY
SW UMa (UGSU) <135(10) <121(13) <135(15,16)Arm,GRL 106(16)SZN 107(16)FDR
109(16)GAO 109(17)GRL 112(17)DAH 110(17) MIT 111(17)OFE
108(17)Mkn 118(18)Yad 119(18)Arm 118(18)Kat 119(18)Arm 118
(18)Kat 129(18)POY 112:(18)GRL 120(18)BOT 119(18)STW 110
(18)YOK 117(18) STW 110(18)YOK 125(18)TON 127(18)GAM 138
(19)HUR 148(19)MIT 149(19)WOK 133(19)Arm 138(19)POY 151(20)
POY 151:(20)Yad 152(20)Yad <140(20)Arm <146(20)Ths 156(21)
POY <127:(23)GRL <143(24)POY <140,<135(25) <147,<130(26)
<147(27) <135(28) normal outburst! Arm,GRL,DAH,SZN,FDR,
GAO,MIT,OFE,Mkn,Yad,POY,BOT,STW,YOK,TON,GAM,HUR,WOK,Ths
BC UMa (UGSU:) <130(18) <153(19) <136(20)<153(21) <133(22) <136(25) <153
(26) <153(27)Arm,Kat,POY
BZ UMa (UGSU:) <143(10,15) <140(18) 157(19)POY <154(19) <143(20) <137(21)
<137(24) <143(25) 158(26)POY <154(27) <138(28) Arm,POY
CH UMa (UGSS) <135(10) <132,<130(15) <135(16) <129,<130(18,19) 147(19)
<136,<135,<124(20) <135,149(21) <132(25) 148,<127(26)
<148(27) Arm,Kat,Yad,Hsk,GRL,POY
CY UMa (UGSU) <136(10) <135(15) <130,<135,<131(18) <132(19) <135,<137(20)
<132(21) <133(22) 132(23)SCP 122(23)SCP,123(23)SCP,121(24)
Arm 126(24)POY 126(25)Arm 125(25)Kat 123(26)POY 125(26)Kat
121(26)Yad 124(27)POY 126(28)Arm super outburst! Kat,Yad,
POY,SCP
DV UMa (UGSU:+E) <140(19,21,24,27) <POY
SS UMi (UGSU) <150(20,22) <147(26) POY
HV Vir (UGSU) <149(22,26) POY
GRO J0422+32 (XN, X-ray nova in Per) 143(11)Mkn 142(13)Mkn 142:(15)Mkn 139
(19)POY 140(19)POY 140(20)Yad 141(21)POY 142(27)POY Kat,
Mkn,Ths,Yad,POY
NGC4151(Seyfert) 113(4) 112(5) 109(15) 111(19) 114(21) 113(26) Yad,POY
PG0943+521 (UG) 134(10)Arm 138(15)Arm <140(18) 150(19)POY <142(20) 125
(21,22)POY <134(24)Arm 142(24)POY <140(25) 127(26)POY
125(27)POY 124(28)Arm bright. Arm,POY
Markarian 421 (BL Lac) 128(19,20) 130(21,22) 131(24) 132(26) 134(26)POY,Yad
3C273 (QSO) 127(15)Yad 125(22)POY 125(26)POY
3C279 (QSO) <155(4) <150(22,26) Yad,POY
3C371 (QSO) 155(22) 156(26) POY
NSV00895 Per (UG?) <152(18,19,21,27) POY
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Key to observers:
* data privately communicated
+ data supplemented from litertures(IAUCs, TA Circulars)
Arm: M. Iida (Nagano Japan)
Kat: T. Kato (Kyoto Japan)
Hsk: K. Hirosawa (Aichi Japan)
Mkn: N. Makiguchi (Kanagawa Japan)
Ths: S. Takahashi (Siga Japan)
Sry: H. Shioi (Chiba Japan)
Wny: Y. Watanabe (Kanagawa Japan)
Yad: M. Yamada (Ishikawa Japan)
Hyf: F. Hayashi(Kanagawa Japan)
Kis: S. Kiyota (Tsukuba Japan)
Ohk: . Ohkoshi (Kanagawa Japan)
*CAM: Paul J. Camilleri (Australia)
*DAH: H. Dahle (Norway)
*GRL: B.J. Granslo (Norway)
*POY: Gary Poyner (England)
*SCP: Patrick Schmeer (Germany)
+FDR: R. Fidrich (Hungary)
+GAM: M. Gainsford (England)
+GAO: O. Gabzo (Israel)
+HEL: Helbak
+HLS: Lars T. Heen (Norway)
+HUR: G. Hurst (England)
+LAU: Andreas Lauvstad (Norway)
+MIT: Ornulf Midtskogen (Norway)
+OFE: E. Ofek (Israel)
+STW: R. Stewart (USA)
+SZN: L. Szentasko (Hungary)
+TON: J. Toone (England)
+VKO: Veikko Makela (Finland)
+WIL: Peter F. Williams (Austraria)
+WOK: W. Worraker
+YOK: D. York (USA)
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