Alert Notice 623: Observations of V1017 Sgr requested
March 16, 2018: Dr. Jennifer Sokoloski (Columbia University) and colleagues (led by Dr. Koji Mukai, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) have requested AAVSO assistance in observing the nova/dwarf nova V1017 Sgr in preparation for an XMM-Newton observation scheduled for 2018 March 23 or 24.
Confirmation that the system is not in dwarf-nova outburst as of March 23 is needed so that the XMM observation may take place.