[IAUC] CBET 1463: 20080809 : CATACLYSMIC VARIABLE STAR IN TAURUS

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CATACLYSMIC VARIABLE STAR IN TAURUS
     H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, reports the discovery by K. Itagaki
(Yamagata, Japan) of a variable star (mag 14.1) on an unfiltered (red)
survey CCD image taken with a 0.21-m f/3 reflector (with confirming images
taken with a 0.60-m f/5.7 reflector) around Aug. 7.7 UT.  The variable is
located at R.A. = 4h06m59s.78, Decl.= +0d52'44".3 (equinox 2000.0), and it
was fainter than mag 17.0 on Itagaki's survey image taken on 2007 Oct. 13.
H. Kaneda (Sapporo, Japan) notes that an x-ray source (1RXS J040700.2+005247)
is located within 7" of the reported position, and the variable should be
identical with a USNO-B1.0 catalogued star (B1 mag 18.4, R1 mag 17.5)
whose position end figures are 59s.82, 44".3.  Yamaoka adds that the NOMAD
catalogue shows that the variable was caught in a bright state in the YB6
catalogue (USNO, unpublished, epoch unknown) at B = 14.3 and V = 14.35.
Following posting on the CBAT's unconfirmed-objects webpage, C. Jacques and
E. Pimentel (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) write that they obtained a 60-s
unfiltered CCD image on Aug. 9.46 remotely using a 0.25-m f/3.4 reflector
near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A., finding position end figures 59s.82, 44".0 and
mag 13.7.  Yamaoka adds that H. Maehara (Kyoto University) has found that
the variable was detected via ASAS at V = 13.5 on Aug. 4.42 but was fainter
than the detection limit on July 25.41, with other outbursts (V = 13.5-14)
occurring on 2004 Oct. 20 and 2006 Mar. 16.  Maehara adds that photometry
by G. Bolt on Aug. 8 show the variable to display clear superhumps with an
amplitude of 0.2 mag and period around 0.06 day, which indicate that the
object is an SU UMa-type dwarf nova.


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2008 August 9                    (CBET 1463)              Daniel W. E. Green