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[vsnet-obs 2484] S 10932 - outburst over

Dear Colleagues,

Since the New Year outburst of S 10932 Com we were watching this star in
almost every clear night, mainly to study its remarkably varying normal
state light curve - apart from the eclipses. The normal brightness
varies with an amplitude of up to one magnitude (R-band) within one
orbital period. From night to night the variations are even larger - up
to 1.5 mag. 

Our last observations of S 10932 at 1996 March 14 show the star in its
normal brightness region. 

In an attempt to confirm the current outburst we found S 10932 NOT being
brighter than usual (Mar 27.85). Since we know from the 96-Jan-1
outburst that the decline takes several days we should expect the star
brighter than it is. On the other hand, Makoto Iida's images
(http://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/DNe/S10932/s10932.gif) show
the star really bright - no doubt that the star was in outburst.

Owing to the this rapid decline I would regard this outburst as only a
small one or the maximum was earlier between 96-Mar-14 and 96-Mar-26.
Perhaps there are more observers regularly watching this star in order
to narrow the time of the maximum.

Best regards,

Peter Kroll


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