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[vsnet-obs 508] CVC 36



BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. -  Working Group Variable Stars
Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.36                   1995, May 03
Ed.: T. Vanmunster, Walhostraat 1A, 3401 Landen, BELGIUM
     Internet: tvanmuns@innet.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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V795 Cyg [UGSS, 13.4p - <17.9:p]
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Tonny Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium reports an outburst detection
of the dwarf nova V795 Cyg, which also was independently discovered 
by Lasse Jensen, Farum, Denmark.

Taichi Kato, Ouda Station, Japan comments : "The outburst duty cycle
(fraction of observations brighter than mag 14.0) of V795 Cyg 
is estimated at 0.016. This value is one of the smallest among dwarf 
novae confirmed or suspected to be above the period gap.  The 
observations of the current outburst might provide a clue in 
understading the physics of dwarf novae of this kind.

V795 Cyg is on the Recurrent Objects Programme (The Astronomer, UK)
and was last seen in outburst on August 26, 1994 by P. Schmeer,
Germany (mag. 12.9).

Available observations covering the present outburst are summarized
in the table below :

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DATE (UT)       MAGN  MS SEQ  OBSERVER        REMARKS        SOURCE
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1995 05 01.022 [15.4  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    priv(POY)
1995 05 02.05  [14.6  mv TA   Jensen, L.      33-cm refl.    priv(JEN)
1995 05 02.944  13.5  mv TA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 05 03.001  13.1  mv AA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)
1995 05 03.019  13.6  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    priv(POY)
1995 05 03.05   13.0  mv TA   Jensen, L.      33-cm refl.    priv(JEN)
1995 05 03.057  12.9  mv AA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)

After the formal outburst announcement, we were contacted by
P. Schmeer, Bischmisheim, Germany, who reported a possible sighting
of V795 Cyg on May 2.09 UT, at mag. 13.7:. His observation is in
conflict with the estimate obtained by Jensen around the same 
moment (see summary above).


V1113 Cyg [UGSU, 14p - <17p]
============================

Confirmation for the outburst announcement (CVC 35) has been received
from Tonny Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium and Bill Worraker, Didcot, UK.
Available observations showing the course of the current outburst
are listed below.

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DATE (UT)       MAGN  MS SEQ  OBSERVER        REMARKS        SOURCE
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1995 04 19.028  13.7  mv KA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    priv(POY)
1995 04 19.933  13.9  mv KA * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 19.993  13.5  mv KA * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 19.997  13.4  mv KA * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 20.899  13.9  mv KA * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 22.042  13.4  mv KA * Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 22.956  14.1  mv KA * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 23.021  13.9  mv KA * Broens, E.      35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 23.041  13.6  mv KA * Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 29.05   14.3  mv    * Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 05 01.014 [13.6  mv KA * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 05 01.031 [13.6  mv KA * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 05 01.917 [13.6  mv KA * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS


AL Com [UGWZ, 12.8v - 22v]
==========================

The photometric summary below clearly illustrates AL Com is starting
to enter a critical phase of its lightcurve : observers with large
aperture telescopes are urged to continue their observations, now
that AL Com is getting fainter than mag. 15. Even if the variable
becomes invisible in your instrument, it's extremely important to
keep on monitoring the object, since most astronomers expect that
AL Com will exhibit a 'secondary' maximum.

Recent messages on VSNET furthermore indicate AL Com now is declining 
at a high rate of approx. 0.8 mag/day, which is characteristic for the 
so called "dip" phenomenon, observed in many UGSU superoutbursts.

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DATE (UT)       MAGN  MS SEQ  OBSERVER        REMARKS        SOURCE
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1995 04 06.966  12.0  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 06.977  12.1  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 06.990  12.1  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 07.007  12.1  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 07.021  12.0  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 07.039  12.0  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 10.868  12.8  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 18.7    13.3  mv BS * Gunther, J.     30-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 18.89   13.5  mv BS * Jensen, L.      33-cm refl.    priv(LTJ)
1995 04 18.938  13.4  mv BS * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 19.003  13.4  mv BS * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 19.566  14.2  CU BS * Iida, M.        16-cm refl+CCD VSNET
1995 04 19.569 [13.5  mv    * Takenaka, Y.    20-cm SCT      VSNET
1995 04 19.82   13.8  mv    * Kinnunen, T.                   VSNET
1995 04 19.885  13.4  mv BS * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 19.982  13.4  mv BS * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 19.985  13.5  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 20.531  14.3  CU BS * Iida, M.        16-cm refl+CCD VSNET
1995 04 20.589  13.5  mv    * Makiguchi, N.   25-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 20.846  13.7  mv BS * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 20.85   14.0  mv    * Verdenet, M.    35-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 20.869  13.4  mv BS * Broens, E.      35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 20.873  14.1  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 20.890  13.9  mv BS * Jensen, L.      33-cm refl.    priv(LTJ)
1995 04 20.906  13.9  mv BS * Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      VSNET
1995 04 20.906  13.8  mv BS * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 20.910  13.2  mv BS * Diepvens, A.    15-cm refr.    VVS
1995 04 20.958  13.7  mv BS * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 21.819  14.0  mv BS * Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 22.052  14.0  mv BS * Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 22.847  14.3  mv BS * Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 22.868  14.4: mv BS * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 22.963  14.1  mv BS * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 22.967  13.9  mv BS * Diepvens, A.    15-cm refr.    VVS
1995 04 23.007  14.1  mv BS * Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 23.017  13.8  mv BS * Broens, E.      35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 23.042  14.1  mv BS * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 04 24.88   14.5  mv BS * Jensen, L.      33-cm refl.    priv(LTJ)
1995 04 26.615  14.6  CV BS * Kiyota, S.      25-cm+ST6+V    VSNET
1995 04 26.979  14.5  mv BS * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 28.905  14.6: mv BS * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 29.840  14.9  mv BS * Szentasko, L.   33-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 30.983 [14.4  mv    * Andersson, K.   25-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 04 30.979 [14.7  mv BS * Worraker, B.    26-cm refl.    priv(WOR)
1995 04 30.979  14.7  mv BS * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 05 01.882 [14.8  mv BS * Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 05 02.986 [13.9  mv BS * Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET

BS = Sequence by Stanton and Bertola (in use by AAVSO & The Astronomer)

Tonny Vanmunster