BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. - Working Group Variable Stars Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.61 1995, October 06 Ed.: T. Vanmunster, Walhostraat 1A, 3401 Landen, BELGIUM Internet: tvanmuns@innet.be TEL. 32-11-831504 =================================================================== AK Cnc [UG, 13p - <17p] ======================= Bill Worraker, Didcot, UK reports an outburst of this dwarf nova, which is on the "Recurrent Objects Programme" of The Astronomer Group/BAA, UK. Confirmation has been obtained from Tonny Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium and from Eric Broens, Mol, Belgium. The observations are : 1995 Oct 05.186 UT, 13.2 (B. Worraker, 0.26-m refl., seq: TA); Oct 06.118 UT, 13.3 (T. Vanmunster, 0.35-m refl., seq: AAVSO); Oct 06.166 UT, 13.7 (E. Broens, 0.35-m refl., seq: AAVSO); The previous outburst of AK Cnc was reported on May 3, 1995 by Laszlo Szentasko, Veresegyhaz, Hungary, by J. Bortle, NY, and by D. York, AZ (CVC 37 and 49). Maximum brightness was mag. 14.0. CI UMa [UGSU, 13.8p - 18.8V] ============================ Only few observations have been received covering the outburst of this dwarf nova. They are summarized in the table below. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE (UT) MAGN MS SEQ OBSERVER REMARKS SOURCE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 09 24.121 [14.1 mv GSC Jensen, L. 33-cm refl. priv(JEN) 1995 09 27.145 14.1 mv GSC Jensen, L. 33-cm refl. CVC60 1995 09 27.815 14.2 mv GSC Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. CVC60 1995 09 28.811 14.0 mv GSC Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. VSNET 1995 09 28.950 14.2 mv GSC Jensen, L. 33-cm refl. priv(JEN) 1995 09 29.131 14.2 mv GSC Jensen, L. 33-cm refl. priv(JEN) 1995 09 30.094 14.1 mv GSC Jensen, L. 33-cm refl. priv(JEN) 1995 09 30.956 14.3 mv GSC Jensen, L. 33-cm refl. priv(JEN) 1995 10 01.810 [14.1 mv GSC Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. VSNET Tonny Vanmunster