LMC V2434 : Curious short outburst
On June 6, W. Liller reported a major outburst of LMC V2434, a
M2eIII star, which is also known as a supersoft X-ray source. The
object usually remains at 12.6mag, but flared up to 9.8mag. This
outburst may be some kind of a major outburst of a supersoft X-ray
source, or a some kind of nova explosion, or symbiotic outburst or
X-ray outburst; the nature is quite unknown
(vsnet-campaign 965,
vsnet-campaign-xray 67).
W. Liller reported on June 7 that the object rapidly returned to
quiescent state
(vsnet-campaign 966,
vsnet-campaign-xray 68).
T. Kato reported that the star is listed as B72, a foreground
LPV variable = Case 48-8
(vsnet-campaign 967,
vsnet-campaign-xray 69).
H. Yamaoka reported that DSS images shows no significant proper
motion
(vsnet-campaign 968,
vsnet-campaign-xray 70).
The object remains calm after this brightening
(vsnet-campaign 970).