BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. - Working Group Variable Stars Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.49 1995, July 31 Ed.: T. Vanmunster, Walhostraat 1A, 3401 Landen, BELGIUM Internet: tvanmuns@innet.be TEL. 32-11-831504 P. Van Cauteren, de Borrekenslaan 54, 2630 Aartselaar, BELGIUM Internet: pvancaut@innet.be TEL. 32-3-8774098 =================================================================== FX Cep [UGSS?, 15.0p - 17.5p] ============================= Tonny Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium reports an outburst detection of this very poorly studied object, which recently has been added to the CVAP (Cataclysmic Variables Alert Programme). Eric Broens, Mol, Belgium has confirmed the outburst. FX Cep is located at : R.A. = 21h03m06.19s, Decl. = +66d10'23.5" (J2000.0). 1995 Jul 24.940 UT, [15.4 (T. Vanmunster, 0.35-m refl., seq: GSC); Jul 24.969 UT, [15.0 (G. Poyner, 0.40-m refl., seq: GSC); Jul 25.943 UT, [15.0 (G. Poyner); Jul 30.941 UT, 14.8 (T. Vanmunster); Jul 30.958 UT, 14.5 (E. Broens, 0.35-m refl., seq: GSC); Following a private communication by Ronald Downes, Space Telescope Science Institute STSCI, Maryland, USA, FX Cep is NOT confirmed as a cataclysmic variable, contrary to what might be suspected from the classification in Downes and Shara (1993). Paul Van Cauteren, Aartselaar, Belgium communicates that only one reference (Bruch et al. 1987) on FX Cep exists in the Simbad data- base, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France. No outburst observations are listed in the Outburst Activity Data- base on Selected Cataclysmic Variables (Vanmunster and Howell 1995). References ---------- Bruch A., Fischer F., Wilmsen, U., 1987, A&AS, 70, 481-516 Downes, R.A., Shara, M.M., 1993, PASP, 105, 127-245 Vanmunster, T., Howell, S.B., 1995, in preparation. FN And [UG, 13.5p - 17.5p] ========================== The recent outburst of FN And has become one of the best covered out- bursts of this dwarf nova ever. Contributions to the photometric summary below were received from 8 different observers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE (UT) MAGN MS SEQ OBSERVER REMARKS SOURCE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 07 19.974 [14.1 mv TA Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. CVC 47 1995 07 20.018 [15.5 mv TA Poyner, G. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 20.060 [13.6 mv TA Schmeer, P. 20-cm SCT priv(SCH) 1995 07 20.951 13.3 mv TA Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. CVC 47 1995 07 20.963 13.4 mv TA Broens, E. 35-cm refl. CVC 47 1995 07 21.000 13.2 mv TA Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. CVC 47 1995 07 21.017 13.1 mv TA Pietz, J. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 21.034 13.0 mv TA Pietz, J. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 21.041 13.2 mv TA Schmeer, P. 20-cm SCT CVC 47 1995 07 21.049 13.0 mv TA Poyner, G. 40-cm refl. CVC 47 1995 07 22.003 13.3 mv TA Schmeer, P. 20-cm SCT priv(SCH) 1995 07 22.00 13.3 mv TA Fidrich, R. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 22.01 13.8 mv TA Szabo, R. 22-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 22.063 13.1 mv TA Poyner, G. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 22.939 13.0 mv TA Broens, E. 35-cm refl. VVS 1995 07 22.947 13.2 mv TA Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. VVS 1995 07 22.95 13.3 mv TA Fidrich, R. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 22.95 13.6 mv TA Szitkay, G. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 22.989 13.4 mv TA Pietz, J. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 23.002 13.2 mv TA Poyner, G. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 23.02 13.3 mv TA Szabo, R. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 23.052 13.3 mv TA Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. VVS 1995 07 23.058 13.4 mv TA Schmeer, P. 20-cm SCT priv(SCH) 1995 07 23.058 13.4 mv TA Pietz, J. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 23.964 13.3 mv TA Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 23.990 13.5 mv TA Pietz, J. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 24.022 13.3 mv TA Poyner, G. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 24.029 13.5 mv TA Pietz, J. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 24.033 13.2 mv TA Broens, E. 35-cm refl. VVS 1995 07 24.086 13.7 mv TA Schmeer, P. 20-cm SCT priv(SCH) 1995 07 24.944 13.7 mv TA Vanmunster, T. 35-cm refl. VVS 1995 07 24.986 13.7 mv TA Poyner, G. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 25.026 13.8 mv TA Broens, E. 35-cm refl. VVS 1995 07 25.03 13.5 mv TA Szabo, R. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 25.089 13.8 mv TA Schmeer, P. 20-cm SCT priv(SCH) 1995 07 25.998 14.0 mv TA Poyner, G. 40-cm refl. VSNET 1995 07 26.00 13.9 mv TA Fidrich, R. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 26.002 14.0 mv TA Szabo, R. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 26.049 13.9 mv TA Schmeer, P. 20-cm SCT priv(SCH) 1995 07 27.91 13.9 mv TA Fidrich, R. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 27.91 14.1 mv TA Szabo, R. 45-cm refl. priv(FID) 1995 07 29.086 [14.1 mv TA Schmeer, P. 20-cm SCT priv(SCH) GO Com [UGWZ:, 13.1p - 20p] =========================== Taichi Kato et al., Kyoto University, Japan emails an additional obser- vation of GO Com : 1995 Jul 25.483 UT, 16.6V (seq: GSC, 0.60-m refl. + CCD); AK Cnc [UG, 13p - <17p] ======================= In CVC 37, an outburst of AK Cnc was reported by Laszlo Szentasko, Veresegyhaz, Hungary, on May 3, 1995, which remained unconfirmed. AAVSO Circular 296, issued by John Bortle on June 26, 1995, lists two confirmative sightings by D. York and J. Bortle. Tonny Vanmunster