PQ Aql: September (super?)outburst

The long-period SU UMa-type candidate PQ Aql was visible at mag 15 on an unfiltered CCD image taken with the IRO on March 17.519 UT. The last outburst occurred in 1999 November (vsnet-alert 4419).

As reported by T. Kinnunen, PQ Aql started its outburst (15.4mag) on September 11 (vsnet-campaign 486). From the historical outbursts, P. Schmeer reports the mean cycle length may be about 1 month and the supercycle about 5 months (vsnet-campaign 488). T. Kato reported the outburst has almost terminated on September 21 (vsnet-campaign-dn 148).

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