AM Cas : Just before a standstill ?
T. Kato reported that during 2001 October, the outburst cycle
length and amplitude of AM Cas decreased. This behavior resemble the
behavior in some Z Cam stars just before entering standstills. The
existence of standstills has not been very clearly demonstrated
in AM Cas, SS Cyg-type star with the shortest outburst cycle length
(vsnet-campaign 1199).
The observations reported in November shows that this unusual state
still continued
(vsnet-campaign-dn 1868).
An outburst of 13.4mag was reported by E. Muyllaert on December 4.
The amplitude may imply that it again entered a low-amplitude phase
(vsnet-campaign-dn 1956).
Follow-up monitoring is strongly encouraged.
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vsnet-campaign-dn 1798,
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