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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1236      1997 Sep 24 19.31UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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KW And
Timo Kinnunen, Finland reports his visual detection of an outburst
of this eruptive variable which has a catalogued range of 14.8-22p.
Gary Poyner e-mails confirmation from visual observations from
Birmingham, England. Tonny Vanmunster has also confirmed the
outburst with the use of CCD equipment in Belgium and has reported
details on CVC 154:

1997 Sep 23.029 UT, [14.7   (G. Poyner, 0.40-m refl., visual);
     Sep 23.87  UT,  15.3   (T. Kinnunen, 0.44-m refl., visual);
     Sep 23.917 UT,  15.4:: (Poyner );
     Sep 23.932 UT,  15.8   (T. Vanmunster, 0.25-m SCT, CCD NF);
     Sep 24.036 UT,  15.2   (Poyner);

Denis Buczynski, Conder Brow Observatory, England also reports
that he imaged this field with the new 0.33-m f/3 automated
reflector and unfiltered CCD on Sept 24.03464UT and confirms
the presence of an image of about magnitude 15.5 in the
position identified by SIMBAD and displayed by the ESO DSS
facility. He adds that the position shown in Guide 6 plots the
star in a slightly different position.

Tonny Vanmunster adds in CVC 154:
KW And was last reported in outburst on March 10, 1996 by Tonny
Vanmunster [CVC 85] at mag. 15.0. The object did not became
brighter than mag 14.8 during this short outburst [CVC 87].
KW And was discovered by Kurochkin and originally designated
SVS 2206. Two of the outbursts that he detected on photographic
plates lasted for more than 8 days.

Guy M Hurst