AW Gem

The SU UMa-type dwarf nova AW Gem experienced an outburst as reported by E. Muyllaert (13.6mag) and C. P. Jones (13.0mag) on January 31. The outburst was suspected to be a superoutburst, as judged from recent recurrent cycles. The last superoutburst was observed in 2000 May (vsnet-campaign 733). However, it rapidly faded as reported on February 2. It was a normal outburst (vsnet-campaign 741).

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