THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 718       1993 Mar 22 21.09UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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U GEMINORUM
Janet Mattei, AAVSO provides details of the current outburst of
this star:
Mar  9.1090 UT   14.3 (G. Poyner, Birmingham, England)
    10.7743     <13.8 (R. Royer, Lakewood, CA)
    11.8410      14.1 (Poyner)
    12.0299      14.6 (J. Bortle, Stormville, NY)
    13.3194     <13.8 (Royer)
    15.2083     <13.8 (Royer)
    16.7799      14.4 (R. Fidrich, Ibafa, Hungary)
    18.8111      13.5 (Fidrich)
    18.8403      13.3 (Poyner)
    18.8799      13.5 (M. Poxon, Norwich, England)
    18.903      <13.5 (M. Kohl, Wald, Switzerland)
    19.0139      13.2 (G. Dyck, Assonet, MA)
    19.0278      13.2 (B. Stewart, Rochelle Park, NJ)
    19.0382      13.4 (D. Taylor, Windsor, Ontario)
    19.0438      13.5 (Bortle)
    19.0597      13.3 (Stewart)
    19.0715      13.4 (Bortle)
    19.0951      13.2 (D. York, Abiquiu, NM)
    19.122       13.5 (C. Scovil, Stamford, CT)
    19.125       13.3 (Stewart)
    19.125       13.2 (York)
    19.1285      13.1 (Royer)
    19.158       13.3 (Scovil)
    19.1604      12.9 (York)
    19.1681      13.1 (Stewart)
    19.1826      13.0 (Stewart)
    19.2049      12.9 (Stewart)
    19.2396      12.7 (Stewart)
    19.3160      11.2 (Royer)
    19.5368      11.1 (Royer)
    19.712        9.0 (O. Gabzo, Kibbutz Sheffagim, Israel)
    19.715        9.1 (O. Shemer, Ra'anana, Israel)
    19.758        9.0 (R. Szabo, Budapest, Hungary)
    19.760        9.5 (Fidrich)
    19.781        9.6 (F. Van Loo, Genk, Belgium)
    19.792        9.1 (P. Van Cauteren, Aartselaar, Belgium)
    19.793        9.1 (T. Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium)
    19.822        9.5 (K. Medway, Southampton, Hampshire, England)
    19.847        8.8 (Kohl)

The last outburst of U Gem was in August 1992, when it reached
magnitude 9.3 on August 30, and was brighter than magnitude 11 for
12 days.  U Gem has been monitored extremely closely since, and no
outburst activity has been recorded.  This interval of 202 days
between this and the previous outburst is one of the longest on
record.

DI URSAE MAJORIS
Gary Poyner, Birmingham, has observed this star on Mar 22.868UT
at magnitude 15.4, class 2.

TA MARCH ISSUE
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