SU UMa

Affiliation
Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium) (VVS)
Tue, 04/14/2020 - 09:46

Hi,

The last outburst of SU UMa ended around Feb 17. It's now almost two months ago since SU UMa had an outburst... Has this been seen in the past?

Regards,

Eddy

Affiliation
Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium) (VVS)
SU UMa

Hi, 

What is going on with SU UMa? It's about 2,5 months since the last outburst!? Has the mass transfer rate considerably slowed down?

Regards,

Eddy

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
SU UMa

May I ask if there is a need for high cadence( <2 min exp) data of SU UMa during this standstill?

Regards,
Stephen

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
SU UMa

Hi Eddy,

You're right: SU UMa is acting oddly. Following the echo outburst following its last superoutburst, it dropped about 0.5 magnitudes below its normal low state and stayed there for about 20 days. The normal outburst around JD = 2458895 reset the star to its normal low state, but it's been "stuck" there for almost 100 days now. It seems like some time series would be useful in this odd state.

Shawn (DKS)

Affiliation
Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium) (VVS)
SU UMa

Now almost 4 months! ago since the last outburst... Has this ever been seen in SU UMa or in another dwarf nova? 

Cheers,

Eddy

Affiliation
Association Francaise des Observateurs d'Etoiles Variables (AFOEV)
Re: SU UMa

"... or in another dwarf nova?"

Yes.

Regards,
Patrick

Affiliation
Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium) (VVS)
SU UMa

It seems that SU UMa is finally in outburst...

SU UMA
2459022.42670
2020 Jun. 21.92670
13.304
0.009
V
DFS

Regards,

Eddy