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(cba:news) BK Lyn erupting again? (Joe Patterson) [2012-03-18T10:48:07Z]



Hi CBAers,

Anyone able to observe BK Lyn tonight? Yesterday's data from Josch Hambsch and Joe Ulowetz suggested that this star may be going into outburst (again??). This is fascinating to me because it's a novalike variable that has not previously shown outbursts - or at least outbursts that looked like dwarf-nova events. One popped up early in this season's coverage - just following the star's dropping to the faintest state it has ever reached. That's true this time too (meaning yesterday - a slim basis for making this statement... but ptovocative).
Excellent time-series photometry would be mighty nice!

joe