(cba:news) Fwd: (cba:chat) The Return of Maxie?... and some expired "suoersoft" stars

[Joe Patterson]

Thanks Joe for this important notification. Maxie has (ASASSN-18ey)still 
not reached its expiration date.  Long time series are no longer 
possible, but a 1-hour observation is just fine.

Our regular-journal paper is nearing completion.  One last outburst of 
any size would be a fitting send-off.

We also have finished with V617 Sgr, QR And, and CI Aql... which are 
bundled in with the paper on IM Nor and T Pyx.  All these stars are done 
for the year.  Around 15 of you, who have observed these stars, will be 
getting the first version of this very detailed paper shortly.

The main issue that the IM Nor et al. paper addresses is this: how much 
does a classical-nova event affect the basic structure of the binary, 
and how long does that disturbance persist?  (And the suggested answers 
are surprising: a lot, and for centuries, possibly millennia).  Sure has 
been fun writing it!

September-October menu coming in a day or so.

joe


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Subject: 	(cba:chat) The Return of Maxie?
Date: 	Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:08:37 -0500
From: 	Joe Ulowetz <joe700a at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	cba-chat at cbastro.org
To: 	cba-chat at cbastro.org



If ASASSN-18ey (Maxie) follows the pattern from the past couple of 
years, I expect another outburst sometime within the next few weeks.  I 
got some data last night through the West Coast smoke (and I'm in 
Chicago), and my data looks like mag 16.1 which is about 2 magnitudes 
brighter. Of course, this is a really tentative measurement but I should 
be able to check again tonight.

If you've been following Maxie as well, I encourage you to check as well 
to see if the next outburst has started.

Thanks,
-Joe U.

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