[Message Prev][Message Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Message Index][Thread Index]

[vsnet-obs 1605] DV Dra outburst, continuing?



DV Dra

    A 6-min V-band CCD exposure of DV Dra taken at Ouda Station last night
clearly shows DV Dra (WZ Sge-type candidate) siginificantly brighter than
in Downes & Shara (1993) chart.  Astrometry using 6 GSC stars (mean residual
0".3) gives 18h17m24s.44 +50o48'16".6 (J2000.0).  This position is slightly
different from that given in Downes & Shara (1993), but is in good agreement
with one (18h17m24s.44 +50o48'16".3) obtained by M. Iida from his outburst
CCD image (Iida, private communication).  Reanalysis of the Nov. 13 CCD
image (already reported in vsnet-obs #1595, but the measurement was done
for the coordinates by Downes & Shara (1993)) confirms this finding.

continuation from CVC 69 (VVS Belgium, ed. T. Vanmunster)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DATE (UT)       MAGN  MS SEQ  OBSERVER        REMARKS        SOURCE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1995 10 30.398  17.8  CU GSC  Iida, M.        20-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 10 30.405  17.5  CU GSC  Iida, M.        20-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 10 30.411  17.2  CU GSC  Iida, M.        20-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 10 31.372  17.8::CU GSC  Iida, M.        20-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 11 01.394  17.5  CU GSC  Iida, M.        20-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 11 13.388  18.60 V  GSC *Ouda team       60-cm+CCD      VSNET
1995 11 25.379  18.61 V  GSC *Ouda team       60-cm+CCD      VSNET

    When adopting the POSS magnitude (<21), the present data seem to show that
the outburst may be still on its slow decline, or that the object may be in
"high-state" quiescence.  Reexamination of POSS and the candidate by Downes &
Shara (1993) in digitized GSC survey plate would help identifying the nature
of this intriguing outburst.  Follow-up observations are, of course, highly
welcomed.

Regards,
Taichi Kato and Ouda team