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[vsnet-obs 663] CVC 42 (DX And)



BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. -  Working Group Variable Stars
Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.42                  1995, June 19
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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DX And [UG, 10.9p - 16.4p]
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Tonny Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium reports an outburst of this dwarf
nova, which is on the TA/BAAVSS Recurrent Objects Programme.
Confirmation has been received from Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK
and Eric Broens, Mol, Belgium. 

1995 06 08.990 UT, [13.8  (T. Vanmunster, 0.35-m refl., seq: AAVSO);
     06 09.010 UT, [13.0  (P. Schmeer, 0.20-m SCT., seq: AAVSO);
     06 18.993 UT,  12.2  (T. Vanmunster);
     06 19.001 UT,  12.3  (G. Poyner, 0.22-m refl., seq: TA);
     06 19.009 UT,  12.3  (E. Broens, 0.35-m refl., seq: AAVSO);

The last confirmed outburst of DX And was reported independently by
D. York, T. Vanmunster and J. Pietz on September 23, 1994. The object
reached mag. 11.8 [CVC 17]. Detailed photometric summaries of that
outburst appeared in [CVC 18] and [CVC 19].

Spectroscopic and photometric observations of DX And, as well as its
physical parameters, are discussed in length in [1].

[1] Drew, J.E. et al., 1993, MNRAS, 260, 803-818


ERRATA IN CVC No. 41
====================

Steve Howell and Paula Szkody kindly informed us that our reference to
the TOAD list, quoted in CVC 39, 40 & 41, is incorrect and should be :

Howell, Szkody, Cannizzo, 1995, ApJ, 439, 337.


Tonny Vanmunster