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(cba:news) Fwd: (cba:chat) The Return of Maxie?... and some expired "suoersoft" stars (Joe Patterson) [2020-09-14T23:38:19Z]


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@xxxxxxxxx>
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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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