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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3713      2022 Jun 07 09.16UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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U SCORPII OUTBURST

A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, relates that Japanese observers have
reported an outburst in this recurrent nova (cf. IAUCs 9111, 9114).  

Pearce forwards the following CCD magnitudes for U Sco:  June 5.889 UT,
[17.4 (ASAS-SN Sky Patrol); 6.567, [17.3 (M. Moriyama, Sasebo, Nagasaki,
Japan, 25-cm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector); 6.720, 11.4 (Moriyama);
June 7.008, 8.2 (Pearce, remotely with a 200-mm ASA H8 hyperbolic telescope
+ CCD located at the Skygems Observatory in Namibia).  

Visual magnitude estimates:  June 6.773, 9.2 (H. Maehara, Okayama, Japan;
via Pearce); 7.04, 8.0: (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil).
(CBET 5129)  

Editor:
The object was first discovered in 1863 by N. Pogson, Madras Observatory

Guy M Hurst



