SDSS J141118.31+481257.6: first ever recorded outburst (12.6 mag)

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Affiliation
Association Française des Observateurs d'Étoiles Variables (AFOEV)
Sun, 05/20/2018 - 09:13

SDSS J141118.31+481257.6 (IBWD+UG)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=132632

http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J00434212+4122349.html
http://ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mailarchive/vsnet-alert/22174
http://ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mailarchive/vsnet-alert/22175
http://ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mailarchive/vsnet-alert/22176

This AM CVn-type variable is currently undergoing its first recorded outburst (12.6 mag, detected by Tadashi Kojima on 2018 May 19.514 UT). Time-resolved photometry is urgently required.

Clear skies,
Patrick