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[vsnet-obs 283] CVC 32

BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. -  Working Group Variable Stars
Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.32                 1995, March 11
Ed.: T. Vanmunster, Walhostraat 1A, 3401 Landen, BELGIUM
     Internet: tvm@lms.be                         TEL. 32-11-831504
     P. Van Cauteren, de Borrekenslaan 54, 2630 Aartselaar, BELGIUM
     Internet: pvancaut@innet.be                  TEL. 32-3-8774098
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KV And [UGSU, 14.6p - 22.5p]
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Gary Poyner has informed us about an outburst detection of KV And
by John Bortle, Stormville, USA. Confirmative observations are
highly encouraged. Available observations :

1995 03 08.800 UT, [14.5  (G. Poyner, 0.40-m refl.);
     03 11.042 UT,  14.3  (J. Bortle, 0.41-m refl.);

KV And was last reported in outburst on February 21st, 1995, by
Tonny Vanmunster (CVC 27). It reached magnitude 14.7 during that
outburst (CVC 29), which probably was a normal one.


UW Tri [N: 1983, 15p - <21p]
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Further to the comments in CVC 29 and CVC 30, T. Kato and his team members
(Ouda Station, Japan) communicate : "Our CCD observations of UW Tri show a
slight indication of a semi-periodic modulation with an approximate
period of ca. 0.06 day. Due to the low amplitude, the results are
still premature to identify them as being superhumps ... It is plausible
that superhumps have not fully grown at this stage. We should wait for
additional confirmative observations, and a careful analysis. Two
observatories in the UK and the USA have included UW Tri in their
observing programme".
Daisaku Nogami, Ouda Station, Japan, further adds : "The light curve
of UW Tri, obtained at Ouda, shows a steady decline with a rate of 
0.2 mag/day, which is rather atypical for familiar types of dwarf
novae, but may be interpreted as a fast nova with t3=15d". The latter
might be an indication that UW Tri is a possible recurrent nova.

Additional observations covering the present outburst :

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DATE (UT)       MAGN  MS SEQ  OBSERVER        REMARKS        SOURCE
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1995 03 05.450  14.8  CV     *Kato, T.        60-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 03 06.442  15.0  CV     *Kato, T.        60-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 03 07.438  15.2  CV     *Kato, T.        60-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 03 08.812  15.2  mv GSC *Poyner, G.      40-cm refl     VSNET  


V632 Cyg [UGSS, 12.6p - 17.5p]
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The outburst of V632 Cyg is still ungoing (see CVC 30), although the 
star is well on its way back to minimum, as indicated by the photometric 
summary below.

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DATE (UT)       MAGN  MS SEQ  OBSERVER        REMARKS        SOURCE
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1995 03 02.145  12.9: mv      Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl     VSNET
1995 03 04.146  14.0  mv AA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl     VVS
1995 03 07.135  14.4  mv AA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl     VVS
1995 03 07.178 [13.4  mv AA   Diepvens, A.    15-cm refr     VVS
1995 03 10.133  14.7  mv AA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl     VVS



EDITORIAL ABSENCE
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Please note that Tonny Vanmunster will absent between March 17 and
April 1st. Urgent communications and outburst detection notifications
should be sent to Paul Van Cauteren (pvancaut@innet.be).


Tonny Vanmunster