(cba:news) [Fwd: CBET 1225: 20080125 : POSSIBLE DWARF NOVA IN HYDRA]

[Joe Patterson]

Here's the CBET message on the "other" dwarf nova - the *candidate* 
dwarf nova in hydra.  Like the certain (because of the just-discovered 
superhumps) dwarf nova freshly found in Canis Minor, it's a WZ Sge 
candidate because of the large amplitude... This makes it of great 
interest to us.

Can someone post a chart of it to cba-news?  Some CBAers are having 
trouble identifying it... and sitting here in New York City, I'm not the 
best qualified to do it!

joe

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Subject: CBET 1225: 20080125 : POSSIBLE DWARF NOVA IN HYDRA
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:03:09 -0500 (EST)
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                                                   Electronic Telegram 
No. 1225
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POSSIBLE DWARF NOVA IN HYDRA
      H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, reports that K. Itagaki (Yamagata, 
Japan)
has discovered a variable star (mag 13.3) on unfiltered CCD images obtained
with a 0.21-m reflector on Jan. 19.592 UT, the "new" object located at R.A.
= 8h45m55s.08, Decl. = +3o39'29".7 (equinox 2000.0; photometry and 
astrometry
apparently measured from an image obtained with a 0.30-m reflector). 
Nothing
is visible at this position on an image taken by Itagaki on 2007 Oct. 17
(limiting mag 17.5).  An image on Jan. 25.516 by Itagaki shows that the star
had faded to mag about 14.2.  The USNO-B1.0 and GSC 2.3.2 catalogues 
contain a
faint (mag about 20.0) star within 1" of the reported position.  H. Maehara,
Kyoto University, reports (via VSNET) that this variable star shows a
small-amplitude (about 0.1 mag) modulation.  A. Henden, AAVSO, notes (AAVSO
Special Notice 94) that the star is likely to be a WZ Sge-subclass variable.


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2008 January 25                  (CBET 1225)              Daniel W. E. Green
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