[IAUC] CBET 1633: 20081227 : IQ ERIDANUS

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1633
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IQ ERIDANUS
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, S. Africa, reports that the cataclysmic
variable star IQ Eri (R.A. = 2h55m38s.0, Decl. = -22o47'03", equinox
2000.0) is in outburst, as shown by his unfiltered CCD magnitudes:  Dec.
20.880 UT, 14.1; 25.789, 13.2.  Monard has monitored this star since its
discovery in 2002 (Schwope et al. 2002, A.Ap. 396, 895), but the brightness
has always been observed to be in the range 16.5-18.5.  Cloud-interrupted
time-series unfiltered photometry during the current outburst showed strong
light variations within a range of 0.65 magnitude over a period of 90
minutes, but no cyclic behavior or superhumps were seen.


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2008 December 27                 (CBET 1633)              Daniel W. E. Green