Special Notice #88: Update on New WZ Sge variable in Hya [VSX J111217.4-353828]

 

January 10, 2008: Further to AAVSO Special Notice #87, a comparison star sequence for the WZ Sge-candidate object VSX J111217.4-353828 (Sokolowski, vsnet-alert 9772) has now been added to AAVSO's VSP chart maker.

Charts for this object may be generated at the following URL: http://www.aavso.org/observing/charts/vsp/index.html?pickname=VSX%20J111217.4-353828

Hiroyuki Maehara of VSNET reported in vsnet-alert 9806 that this object was at magnitude 14.2 on 2008 January 9, and was exhibiting common superhumps. Visual and CCD observations are both valuable; CCD time-series observations are encouraged if possible.

VSX J111217.4-353828 is located at (J2000) coordinates:

RA: 11 12 17.40 , Dec: -35 38 28.8

Observations may be submitted to AAVSO using the name "VSX J111217.4-353828".

This AAVSO Special Notice was prepared by Matthew Templeton.

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