Superoutburst of AY Lyr (1996 Sep. 6)
Superoutburst of AY Lyr (1996 Sep. 6) AY Lyr is undergoing a superoutburst as indicated by the folloing observations.
Visual magnitude estimates by VSNET members YYMMDD(UT) mag code 960905.355 <139 SQN 960905.838 <142 DIE 960905.863 <149 BRO 960905.963 <149 BMM 960906.201 <142 HSG 960906.292 140 SQN 960906.840 125 BRO 960906.841 131 DIE 960906.860 132 AFO 960906.878 130 POY 960906.890 131 GRL 960906.977 131 BMM 960907.199 133 SQN 960907.810 127 DIE 960908.048 120 DIE
Observations made on 8 Sept. 1996 UT indicate that AY Lyr is indeed in outburst.
Time-series CCD measurements made at the University of Wyoming's Red Buttes observatory, yield a magnitude for AY Lyr near 12th. This is at the brightest limit for this star, possibly indicating a superoutburst.
Further time-series observations are requested via the international TOAD watch. PLease check the homepage at: http://wapiti.uwyo.edu/toad/
Happy Observing
Steve Howell
Dr. Steve B. Howell Deptartment of Physics and Astronomy University of Wyoming P. O. Box 3905, University Station Laramie, WY 82071 USA Phone (307) 766-6150 Fax (307) 766-2652 e-mail: showell@kaya.uwyo.edu
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