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[vsnet-obs 848] CVC 49 (FX Cep)



BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. -  Working Group Variable Stars
Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.49                  1995, July 31
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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FX Cep [UGSS?, 15.0p - 17.5p]
=============================

Tonny Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium reports an outburst detection of 
this very  poorly  studied  object,  which recently has been added 
to the CVAP (Cataclysmic Variables Alert Programme).  Eric Broens, 
Mol, Belgium has confirmed the outburst.  FX Cep  is  located at : 
R.A. = 21h03m06.19s, Decl. = +66d10'23.5" (J2000.0).

1995 Jul 24.940 UT, [15.4 (T. Vanmunster, 0.35-m refl., seq: GSC);
     Jul 24.969 UT, [15.0 (G. Poyner, 0.40-m refl., seq: GSC);
     Jul 25.943 UT, [15.0 (G. Poyner);
     Jul 30.941 UT,  14.8 (T. Vanmunster);
     Jul 30.958 UT,  14.5 (E. Broens, 0.35-m refl., seq: GSC);

Following a private communication by Ronald Downes, Space  Telescope
Science Institute STSCI, Maryland, USA, FX Cep is NOT confirmed as a 
cataclysmic  variable,  contrary to what might be suspected from the 
classification in Downes and Shara (1993).

Paul Van Cauteren, Aartselaar, Belgium communicates  that  only  one
reference  (Bruch et al. 1987)  on FX Cep exists in the Simbad data-
base, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France.

No  outburst  observations are listed in the Outburst Activity Data-
base on Selected Cataclysmic Variables (Vanmunster and Howell 1995).

References
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Bruch A., Fischer F., Wilmsen, U., 1987, A&AS, 70, 481-516
Downes, R.A., Shara, M.M., 1993, PASP, 105, 127-245
Vanmunster, T., Howell, S.B., 1995, in preparation.


FN And [UG, 13.5p - 17.5p]
==========================

The recent outburst of FN And has become one of the best covered out-
bursts of this dwarf nova ever. Contributions to the photometric
summary below were received from 8 different observers.

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DATE (UT)       MAGN  MS SEQ  OBSERVER        REMARKS        SOURCE
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1995 07 19.974 [14.1  mv TA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    CVC 47
1995 07 20.018 [15.5  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 20.060 [13.6  mv TA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)
1995 07 20.951  13.3  mv TA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    CVC 47
1995 07 20.963  13.4  mv TA   Broens, E.      35-cm refl.    CVC 47
1995 07 21.000  13.2  mv TA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    CVC 47
1995 07 21.017  13.1  mv TA   Pietz, J.       40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 21.034  13.0  mv TA   Pietz, J.       40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 21.041  13.2  mv TA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      CVC 47
1995 07 21.049  13.0  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    CVC 47     
1995 07 22.003  13.3  mv TA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)
1995 07 22.00   13.3  mv TA   Fidrich, R.     45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 22.01   13.8  mv TA   Szabo, R.       22-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 22.063  13.1  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 22.939  13.0  mv TA   Broens, E.      35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 07 22.947  13.2  mv TA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 07 22.95   13.3  mv TA   Fidrich, R.     45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 22.95   13.6  mv TA   Szitkay, G.     45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 22.989  13.4  mv TA   Pietz, J.       40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 23.002  13.2  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 23.02   13.3  mv TA   Szabo, R.       45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 23.052  13.3  mv TA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 07 23.058  13.4  mv TA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)
1995 07 23.058  13.4  mv TA   Pietz, J.       40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 23.964  13.3  mv TA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VSNET 
1995 07 23.990  13.5  mv TA   Pietz, J.       40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 24.022  13.3  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 24.029  13.5  mv TA   Pietz, J.       40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 24.033  13.2  mv TA   Broens, E.      35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 07 24.086  13.7  mv TA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)
1995 07 24.944  13.7  mv TA   Vanmunster, T.  35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 07 24.986  13.7  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 25.026  13.8  mv TA   Broens, E.      35-cm refl.    VVS
1995 07 25.03   13.5  mv TA   Szabo, R.       45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 25.089  13.8  mv TA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)
1995 07 25.998  14.0  mv TA   Poyner, G.      40-cm refl.    VSNET
1995 07 26.00   13.9  mv TA   Fidrich, R.     45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 26.002  14.0  mv TA   Szabo, R.       45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 26.049  13.9  mv TA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)
1995 07 27.91   13.9  mv TA   Fidrich, R.     45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 27.91   14.1  mv TA   Szabo, R.       45-cm refl.    priv(FID)
1995 07 29.086 [14.1  mv TA   Schmeer, P.     20-cm SCT      priv(SCH)


GO Com [UGWZ:, 13.1p - 20p]
===========================

Taichi Kato et al., Kyoto University, Japan emails an additional obser-
vation of GO Com :

1995 Jul 25.483 UT, 16.6V  (seq: GSC, 0.60-m refl. + CCD);


AK Cnc [UG, 13p - <17p]
=======================

In CVC 37, an outburst of AK Cnc was reported by Laszlo Szentasko, 
Veresegyhaz, Hungary, on May 3, 1995, which remained unconfirmed.
AAVSO Circular 296, issued by John Bortle on June 26, 1995, lists two
confirmative sightings by D. York and J. Bortle.


Tonny Vanmunster