0100 0110 Nova Cassiopeiae 1995 - Photometry Update No. 12 (1996/02/20) 0120 ============================================================= 0130 0140 Type: NB? Magnitude: 7.1 [V] - 18 [R] Spectrum: Pec(N) 0150 0160 This nova was discovered by Minoru Yamamoto (Okazaki, Aichi, Japan) 0170 on exposures from Aug. 24, 1995 [IAUC 6213]. Robert Argyle, Royal 0180 Greenwich Observatory, England, has reported the following accurate 0190 position (equinox J2000.0, FK5 reference frame, epoch 1995.69): 0200 0210 R.A. = 01h 05m 05s.353 Decl. = +54d 00' 40".12 [IAUC 6233] 0220 +/- 0s.004 +/- 0".07 0230 0240 It is based on 10 observations with the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian 0250 Circle on La Palma by C. Fabricius and M. Vallejo. The corresponding 0260 position for equinox B1950.0 is RA = 01h 02m 07s, Decl. = +53d 44'.6. 0690 0700 This nova underwent a major brightening in mid-December 1995, and 0710 at maximum it reached a visual magnitude near mv = 7.0. Thereafter it 0720 has faded quite rapidly to mv = 8.5, which was followed by a slower 0730 fade to around mv = 9.5, i.e. slightly fainter that at discovery. 0740 Another outburst took place in mid-February 1996. The light curve of 0750 Nova Cas 1995 has shown strong similarities to the bright nova in 0760 Delphinus in 1967 (HR Del). 0790 0800 This report contains photometric observations of Nova Cas 1995. New 0810 entries since Report No. 11 (1996 Jan 24) are labelled by an asterisk 0820 (*), while revised data are identified by a cross (#). A dollar sign 0830 ($) identifies the discovery observation. 0840 0850 An abridged version of this document, which only contains selected 0860 observations since Report No. 11, is sent to the VARSTARS, VSNET 0870 and NOVA distribution lists, and the Usenet news groups 0880 'sci.astro.amateur' and 'sci.astro.research'. The full version is 0890 available upon email request or from the following ftp sites: 0900 0910 ftp://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/Novae/nova_cas95/ 0920 ftp://medusa.uio.no/pub/bgranslo/variable/n1995cas/ 0930 0940 Alternatively one may use the following WWW sites: 0950 0960 http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/ 0970 http://www.uio.no/~bgranslo/index.html 0990 1000 Magnitude systems [MS] 1010 mv Visual 1020 pv Photovisual 1030 p Photographic 1040 C Unfiltered CCD magnitude 1060 V Photoelectric Johnson V 1180 1190 Sequences [SEQ]: 1210 TA Sequence from The Astronomer Electronic Circular 991 1260 AN AAVSO (b) and (d) charts, via AAVSO Alert Notices 213 and 1270 218, using photoelectric measurements from several sources 1310 SK Photoelectric (V, b-y) sequence by B. Skiff 1350 SG UBV sequence by V. Goranskij and S. Shugarov 1370 PE Photoelectric sequence (unspecified or combinations of 1380 several sources) 1390 1400 Instrumentation and notes [REMARKS]: 1410 Apertures (or focal lenghts) in centimeters and magnifications. 1420 Types: R = refractor; L = Newtonian reflector, B = binoculars, T = 1430 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector; M = Maksutov-Cassegrain reflector; A = 1440 camera objective (the focal length is given). Measuring devices are 1450 CCD camera (CCD) and photoelectric photometer (PEP). 1490 1500 Sources: 1510 [IAUC xxxx] International Astronomical Union Circular No. xxxx 1520 [AAVSO xxx] AAVSO Alert Notice No. xxx (c/o aavso@aavso.org) 1530 [TAEC xxx] The Astronomer Electronic Circular No. xxx 1540 [nova(yy/mm/dd)] 'nova' distribution list (nova@nova.la.asu.edu) 1560 [vsnet-obs xxxx] Distribution list 'vsnet-obs' message no. xxxx 1570 [vsnet-alert xxx] Distribution list 'vsnet-alert' message no. xxx 1580 [vsnet xxx] Distribution list 'vsnet' message no. xxx 1590 (this report) observations not previously reported (to VSNET) 1600 [WWW(xxxxx)] World Wide Web page of xxxxx 1670 1680 Time system is year, number of month and date with decimals in U.T. 1690 1700------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1710 YYYY+ 1720 MM DD.DDD MAGN MS SEQ OBSERVER REMARKS SOURCE 1730------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1740 1996 01 21.542 9.3 p SK *Kanatsu, K. A135+TMax400+PO0 [vsnet-obs 1978] 1996 01 21.85 9.4 mv SK *Vollmann, W. 10 L [vsnet-obs 2053] 1996 01 22.830 9.0 mv Skalak, P. 25 L [vsnet-obs 1966] 1996 01 23.505 9.5 mv *Koyama, H. 7 B (16x) [vsnet-obs 2024] 1996 01 23.839 9.4 mv AN Brincat, S. M. 25.4 T [vsnet-obs 1965] 1996 01 24.417 9.1 mv *Shirota, E. 15 L [vsnet-obs 2104] 1996 01 24.6646 9.542V *Shugarov et al. 70 L + PEP [vsnet-obs 2060] 1996 01 24.740 9.5 mv *Diepvens, A. 15 R [vsnet-obs 1972] 1996 01 25.063 9.5 mv AN *Dillon, W. G. 28 T [vsnet-obs 1971] 1996 01 25.6350 9.323V *Shugarov et al. 70 L + PEP [vsnet-obs 2060] 1996 01 25.717 9.5 mv *Moeller, M. 15.2 L [vsnet-obs 1979] 1996 01 26.524 9.7 mv SK *Yamamoto, M. 10 L (30x) [vsnet-obs 2039] 1996 01 26.799 9.6 mv *Jensen, L. T. 33.3 L [vsnet-obs 1987] 1996 01 27.476 9.5 mv SK *Watanabe, T. 32 L [vsnet-obs 1982] 1996 01 27.7677 9.27 C AN *Candela, B. 25.4 T + CCD [vsnet-obs 2002] 1996 01 27.972 9.6 mv AN *Gliba, G. W. 14.0 N [nova(06/02/01)] 1996 01 28.889 9.7 mv AN *Brincat, S. M. 25.4 T [vsnet-obs 1988] 1996 01 29.451 9.4 mv SK *Onodera, O. 15 L [vsnet-obs 2025] 1996 01 29.728 9.6 mv *Pietz, J. [vsnet-obs 1997] 1996 01 30.553 9.3 mv SK *Makiguchi, N. 25 L [vsnet-obs 2038] 1996 01 30.7554 9.145V *Karitskaya et al.70 L + PEP [vsnet-obs 2060] 1996 01 30.78 9.5 mv *Zajacz, G. 6.3 R [vsnet-obs 2004] 1996 01 31.441 9.4 mv *Takahashi, S. 15 B [vsnet-obs 2005] 1996 01 31.74 9.5 mv *Fidrich, R. 6.0 B (20x) [vsnet-obs 2023] 1996 02 01.0118 9.5 mv *Bortle, J. [AAVSO 218] 1996 02 01.747 9.6 mv *Diepvens, A. 15 R [vsnet-obs 2030] 1996 02 02.058 9.6 mv SK *Granslo, B. H. 20.3 T (80x) [vsnet-obs 2122] 1996 02 02.6650 9.405V *Karitskaya et al.70 L + PEP [vsnet-obs 2060] 1996 02 02.928 9.4 mv SK *Poyner, G. [vsnet-obs 2034] 1996 02 03.419 9.5 mv SK *Watanabe, T. [vsnet-obs 2038] 1996 02 03.7709 9.83 C AN *Candela, B. 25.4 T + CCD [vsnet-obs 2069] 1996 02 03.81 9.5 mv *Zanotta, M. [AAVSO 218] 1996 02 04.0646 9.3 mv *Hays, R. [AAVSO 218] 1996 02 04.883 9.1 mv SK *Poyner, G. [vsnet-obs 2045] 1996 02 05.476 9.2 mv SK *Makiguchi, N. 25 L [vsnet-obs 2049] 1996 02 05.836 9.5 mv *Broens, E. 35 L [vsnet-obs 2059] 1996 02 05.8486 9.248V *Goranskij et al. 70 L + PEP [vsnet-obs 2060] 1996 02 06.473 9.3 mv *Shirota, E. 15 L [vsnet-obs 2104] 1996 02 06.7270 9.309V *Shugarov et al. 70 L + PEP [vsnet-obs 2060] 1996 02 06.736 9.4 mv *Jensen, L. T. [vsnet-obs 2058] 1996 02 07.1486 9.4 mv *Royer, R. [AAVSO 218] 1996 02 07.6591 9.237V *Karitskaya et al.70 L + PEP [vsnet-obs 2060] 1996 02 07.735 9.3 mv SK *Linander, S. 10.2 T (80x) [vsnet-obs 2070] 1996 02 08.1028 8.9 mv *Collins, P. [AAVSO 218] 1996 02 08.799 9.3 mv *Day, J. S. [vsnet-obs 2071] 1996 02 09.407 9.4 mv *Takahashi, S. [vsnet-obs 2072] 1996 02 09.74 9.3 mv *Lange, T. [WWW(Lange)] 1996 02 10.521 9.4 mv PE *Yamamoto, M. 10 L (30x) [vsnet-obs 2120] 1996 02 10.7456 9.72 C AN *Candela et al. 25.4 T + CCD [vsnet-obs 2124] 1996 02 10.818 9.2 mv *Vanmunster, T. 35 L [vsnet-obs 2098] 1996 02 11.422 9.3 mv *Ida, M. 7.6 R (64x) [vsnet-obs 2097] 1996 02 11.561 9.2 mv *Koyama, H. 20 L [vsnet-obs 2090] 1996 02 12.0785 9.2 mv *Dill, A. [AAVSO 218] 1996 02 12.415 9.1 mv SK *Makiguchi, N. 25 L [vsnet-obs 2103] 1996 02 12.9896 9.3 mv *Dombrowski, P. [AAVSO 218] 1996 02 13.1201 9.2 mv *Burrows, T. [AAVSO 218] 1996 02 13.883 9.0 mv *Poyner, G. 40 L [vsnet-obs 2111] 1996 02 14.043 8.9 mv *McKenna, J. 28 T [vsnet-obs 2107] 1996 02 14.787 9.0 mv *Moeller, M. 15.2 L [vsnet-obs 2116] 1996 02 14.986 8.9 mv AN *Gliba, G. W. 14.0 N [nova(06/02/15)] 1996 02 15.136 9.2 mv AN *Dillon, W. G. 28 T [vsnet-obs 2117] 1996 02 15.538 8.9 mv *Takahashi, S. [vsnet-obs 2114] 1996 02 15.822 8.6 mv AN *Brincat, S. M. 25.4 T [vsnet-obs 2118] 1996 02 15.983 8.4 mv AN *Gliba, G. W. 14.0 N [nova(06/02/15)] 1996 02 16.101 8.5 mv AN *Dillon, W. G. 28 T [vsnet-obs 2117] 1996 02 16.392 7.8 mv *Takahashi, S. [vsnet-obs 2119] 1996 02 16.895 8.0 mv *Hurst, G. M. 8.0 B (15x) [TAEC 1049] 1996 02 17.483 7.7 mv *Nakatani, M. [vsnet-obs 2131] 1996 02 17.8944 7.9 mv AN *Westlund, M. 20.3 T [vsnet-obs 2135] 1996 02 18.455 8.1 mv *Ida, M. 7.6 R (64x) [vsnet-obs 2138] 1996 02 18.8153 8.5 mv AN *Westlund, M. 20.3 T [vsnet-obs 2151] 1996 02 19.059 8.6 mv AN *Dillon. W. G. 5.0 B (7x) [vsnet-obs 2145] 1996 02 19.937 8.6 mv AN *Brincat, S. M. 25.4 T [vsnet-obs 2159] 2960 2970------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9590 6500 +++++ Light curves +++++ 6510 6850 As reported by T. Kato on [vsnet 521] real-time light curves for 6860 this nova and some other variable stars are now available via the 6870 WWW site of VSNET at http://http.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet. 6880 These curves are based on observations that have been reported 6890 in the VSNET-recommended format. For further information one 6900 should check the Web pages of VSNET or send an email-request to 6910 vsnet-adm@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp. 6940 6950 o o o o o 6960 9600 The compilers wish to thank all observers for supplying vital obser- 9610 vations of this nova! 9620 9630 We especially wish to thank Taichi Kato, Kyoto University, Japan for 9640 compiling the early versions of this document. 9650 9660 Compiled by Stig Linander, Farum, Denmark (sl@csd.cri.dk) 9670 and Bjorn H. Granslo, NAS.VSS, Norway. 9680 9880 ---- 9890 Norwegian Astronomical Society - Variable Star Section 9900 Bjorn H. 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