[vsnet-ip 67] HT Cam super-ultra-bright outburst!

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

HT Cam super-ultra-bright outburst!

   Finally a New Year Alert!!!

   H. Itoh (Tokyo, Japan) reports that HT Cam (a ultra short-period CV;
also renowned for its infrequent very brief outbursts) is undergoing
an unprecedentedly bright outburst!!  All sorts of observations
(time-resolved continous photometry, spectroscopy, X-ray observation etc.)
are MOST URGENTLY needed.  The object is currently the top priority target
of the VSNET campaign.  Please keep us informed of the progress of your
observation!

Visual magnitude estimates by VSOLJ members

object         YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  code
CAMHT          20011229.680   122  Ioh.VSOLJ
CAMHT          20011229.710   123  Ioh.VSOLJ
CAMHT          20011229.833   122  Ioh.VSOLJ

   Coordinates:

075701.3 +630600 (2000.0) RXJ0757.0+6306 18.2 CV 
075700.4 +630601 (2000.0) 1RXS_J075700.5+630602 0.152 0.79 0.43
075701.2 +630600 (2000.0) CAMHT XM 17.2 (1.4) B - - -

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