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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1201      1997 May 31 13.04UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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DM Lyr (Q1997/041)
Tonny Vanmunster, CBA Belgium reports his visual detection of an
outburst of this UGSU star (range 13.6p-18p), which is part of the
Recurrent Objects Programme of The Astronomer/BAAVSS.

Gary Poyner, UK has confirmed the outburst:

1997 May 24.972 UT, <14.9  (G. Poyner, 0.40-m refl., seq: VSNET);
     May 25.216 UT, <14.8  (G. Hanson, 0.46-m refl., seq: AAVSO);
     May 25.913 UT,  15.1  (T. Vanmunster, 0.35-m refl.seq: AAVSO)
     May 25.933 UT,  14.9: (G. Poyner);
     May 25.954 UT,  15.0: (G. Poyner);
     May 25.961 UT,  15.2  (T. Vanmunster, 0.25-m SCT, unfilt.CCD)

DM Lyr was last seen in outburst on July 7, 1996 [TA E-Circular
1097]. It became as bright as mag. 13.7 [CVC 99], around July 11,
1997.

The above information was supplied by Gary Poyner and also has
been extracted from CVC 142 (Belgian).

NSV 8001
Guy M Hurst, Basingstoke, England reports the following visual
estimates (0.44-m reflector) of the variable reported by Mike
Collins in TA E-Circular 1197:
1997 May 25.941UT, 11.6
         26.927  , 11.4
         28.927  , 12.0
         29.934  , 12.2
He adds that the star is visible on the digitised Palomar Sky
Survey. The original plate was obtained on 1954 May 6 at
09.16UT and the variable is estimated to be approximately
magnitude 13.1.

Guy M Hurst