AAVSO Alert Notice 539
Dwarf novae observations requested for VLA campaign
March 1, 2016

Ms. Deanne Coppejans (PhD candidate, Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) and University of Cape Town) and colleagues have requested AAVSO observer assistance in monitoring several northern dwarf novae in support of their campaign to observe them with the Very Large Array (VLA) in their ongoing radio jet research. Their research on radio jets in dwarf novae has been discussed in AAVSO Alert Notice 505.

Observers are asked to keep an eye on RX And, U Gem, YZ Cnc, SU UMa, and Z Cam over the next few months. High-cadence monitoring is not needed; nightly observations are sufficient to determine whether the source is in outburst or quiescence when a VLA observation is taken. In this campaign, the VLA observations are not triggered by the PI, so there is no way to predict when the VLA will observe the sources. Observers will be notified whenever VLA observations are obtained, but no modification of observing instructions is expected.

Nightly visual or V observations are requested beginning now and continuing through June 2016.

Coordinates (2000) and Ranges

Name R.A. Dec. Max Min Type
RX AND 01 04 35.52 +41 17 57.8 10.8 vi 15.5 vis ZCAM
U GEM 07 55 05.21 +22 00 04.8 8.9 vis 15.4 V UGSS
YZ CNC 08 10 56.65 +28 08 33.2 10.4 vis 15.7 V UGSU
SU UMA 08 12 28.28 +62 36 22.3 10.9 vis 14.9 vis UGSU
Z CAM 08 25 13.20 +73 06 39.2 10.4 vis 13.8 vis ZCAM

Charts with comparison stars for these stars may be created using the AAVSO Variable Star Plotter.

Please report observations to the AAVSO International Database using the names above.

An AAVSO observing campaign discussion thread on the topic “Northern dwarf novae campaign” has been initiated under the Campaigns & Observation Reports forum.

This campaign is being followed on the AAVSO Observing Campaigns page.

This AAVSO Alert Notice was compiled by Elizabeth O. Waagen.

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Submit Observations: http://www.aavso.org/webobs
Alert Notice archive: http://www.aavso.org/alert-notice-archive
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