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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1149      1996 Dec 21 19.58UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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V493 LYRAE
Janet Mattei, AAVSO reports via their Alert Notice 234 that
G.Hanson of Cave Creek, AZ, USA has observed a rare outburst
of this star which is on the Recurrent Objects Program of the
UK Nova/Supernova Patrol:
1996 Dec 14.71UT, 14.7 (Jochen Pietz, Germany)
         15.76UT, 14.5 (L.Jensen, Farum, Denmark, CCD unfiltered)
         18.08UT, 13.8 (G.Hanson)
         19.09UT, 13.7 (Hanson)
The AAVSO records indicate the last confirmed outburst was in
1995 November when the star reached a maximum of magnitude 13.6.

EG CANCRI
Further to the announcement on E1147 of an outburst of this
dwarf nova, the star subsequently faded below magnitude 15 but is
now bright again as indicated by the observations below:
1996 Dec 17.91UT, [15.6v (Timo Kinnunen, Finland)
     Dec 18.95  , [15.6v (Kinnunen)
         20.672 ,  16.13V(Taichi Kato, Ouda, Japan 0.60-m refl
                          + CCD + V filter)
         20.90  ,  15.4v (Kinnunen)
         21.55  ,  13:   (Ouda Team, provisional result)
This double peak is similar to events seen in AL Com and UZ Boo.

Taichi Kato also reports that a 4 hour run on Dec 20 revealed the
existence of prominent superhumps with an amplitude of 0.12 mags.
There is a suggestion that the re-brightening is again a
superoutburst.

Guy M Hurst