AAVSO NEWS FLASH No. 19

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Subject: Z Cha                                      No. 19
                                                    May 10, 1996
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Z CHAMAELONIS

The dwarf nova type (SU UMa subclass) cataclysmic variable Z Cha is in 
superoutburst as indicated by the following observations:
                               
     UT       Mag.    AAVSO Observer                        
                                                                               
MAY  9.7153   11.6    J. Smit, South Africa
MAY  9.8125   11.6    J. Hers, South Africa    
MAY 10.701    11.8    Smit


Dr. Frank Bateson, Director of VSS, RASNZ, reported the following 
observations (vsnet-alert 411) which show the beginning of this 
superoutburst:

    UT       Mag.    Observer

MAY 8.4271   14.9    R. Stubbings, Australia
MAY 8.5368   14.0    Stubbings
MAY 8.5771   13.8    Stubbings
MAY 9.2847   12.5    G. Herdman, New Zealand
MAY 9.3819   11.5    W. Taylor, Australia
MAY 9.8042   11.7    P. Nelson, Australia
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Please monitor Z Cha closely and phone-in, fax, or e-mail your 
observations to the AAVSO.

Good observing!
Janet A. Mattei

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Symbols may include:  < = fainter than magnitude given (variable not seen)
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