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    [Fwd: [vsnet-outburst 10371] IL Vul superoutburst]

    From: Joe Patterson <jop_at_astro.columbia.edu>
    Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:01:54 -0400
    And there's this one too!  Not eclipsing, but of substantial interest 
    due to the (like) rarity of outburst.  A good post-midnight object after 
    1502+33 sets.
    
    joe
    
    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject: [vsnet-outburst 10371]  IL Vul superoutburst
    Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:52:45 +0100
    From: David Boyd <drsboyd@dsl.pipex.com>
    To: BAAVSS alert <baavss-alert@yahoogroups.com>,	CVnet outburst 
    <cvnet-outburst@yahoogroups.com>,	vsnet-outburst 
    <vsnet-outburst@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
    
    3.4hrs of unfiltered photometry of IL Vul tonight shows what appear to 
    be 0.1
    mag superhumps with period ~0.075d on top of a slowly fading trend. The 
    mean
    magnitude of IL Vul during the run was 16.1.
    
    It therefore looks likely that IL Vul is a UGSU-type dwarf nova.
    
    Regards,
    David Boyd
    
    Received on 9 Jul 2009