Recent reports suggest RX And has again faded near or below mv~14.5 after its faint outbursts on Jan. 24 (mv=12.9) and Feb. 3 (mv=12.5) following the main peak around Jan. 14 (mv=10.9). Please keep a close watch on this peculiar activity. The light curve is presented at
http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/DNe/rxand9702.html
Extracted from observations to vsnet-obs: YYMMDD(UT) mag code 970129.699 <128 KSL 970130.100 138 HSG 970130.533 139 Mkn 970131.097 136 HSG 970131.669 133 KNN 970131.731 126 MOE 970131.764 132 JEN 970201.074 131 MRV 970201.215 128 HSG 970201.466 136 Ioh 970201.542 <125 Nts 970201.726 <121 MOE 970201.760 127 PIE 970201.771 132 JEN 970201.798 124 DIE 970201.878 132 BMU 970201.899 130 KNN 970201.906 129 JRJ 970202.690 128 KNN 970202.710 128 HGL 970202.789 130 POY 970203.858 125 DIE 970203.859 124 BSM 970204.131 126 HSG 970204.453 129 Wnt 970204.990 <128 GRL 970205.710 134 KNN 970205.735 <127 MOE 970205.780 137 BRO 970205.803 147 DIE 970205.840 137: PIE 970205.880 143 AFO 970206.103 138 HSG 970206.441 <138 Mkn 970206.758 148 DIE 970206.780 138 PIE 970206.799 140 KNN 970207.228 140: HSG 970207.781 142 POY 970207.880 141 CMG 970208.722 <131 HGL 970208.760 <133 GRL 970208.910 <127 MOE 970209.428 146 Ioh 970209.860 153 AFO 970210.189 142: HSG 970211.099 143: HSG 970211.453 <138 Mkn 970212.099 145: HSG 970213.055 148 MRV 970213.775 147 POY 970214.110 <145 HSG 970214.767 145 JRJ 970215.108 <145 HSG 970215.690 148 KNN
Regards,
Taichi Kato
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