U Gem : Long slightly bright state before outburst
Since the end of January, serveral observers reports that U Gem was
brighter than usual quiescence at around 13.8mag
(vsnet-campaign 717).
This slightly active state continued a few month, which is unusual for
this object
(vsnet-campaign-dn 519).
On April 25, J. Gunther reported a possible outburst at 13.2mag
(vsnet-campaign-dn 701),
and then on April 26, the object finally showed an outburst reaching
full maximum on April 27 - 28
(vsnet-campaign-dn 703,
717).
The outburst continued for 10 days, and then, has began fading
since around May 6
(vsnet-campaign-dn 757).
The next outburst was reported on October 28 by M. Simonsen
(vsnet-campaign-dn 1794).
The outburst passed the peak of this outburst, and then, started
gradual fading
(vsnet-campaign-dn 1834).
The object returned to quiescence in the mid-November
(vsnet-campaign-dn 1908).
Other reported articles:
vsnet-campaign-dn 426,
430,
436,
439,
463,
477,
486,
504,
508,
511,
517,
521,
528,
544,
545,
557,
568,
578,
590,
601,
610,
613,
628,
646,
664,
695,
707,
711,
717,
718,
722,
728,
736,
759,
760,
761,
768,
782,
1793,
1796,
1802,
1807,
1815,
1824,
1829,
1856,
1869,
vsnet-campaign 717,
729,
747,
758,
775