BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. - Working Group Variable Stars Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.58 1995, September 16 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 =================================================================== PV Per [UG, 14.9p - 20:p] ========================= Tonny Vanmunster, Landen, Belgium reports the detection of an outburst of PV Per. This little studied cataclysmic variable (UG-type) is part of the CVAP (Cataclysmic Variables Alert Programme) of the Belgian Astronomical Society. PV Per furthermore is listed as a possible TOAD [1]. Apart from this, we could trace no further information on the object. The position of PV Per, following [3], is : R.A.= 02h42m53.57s, Decl.=+38d04'02.6" (J2000.0). Eric Broens, Mol, Belgium has confirmed the outburst. The observations are : 1995 Sep 04.109 UT, [14.9 (T. Vanmunster, 0.35-m refl., seq: GSC); Sep 15.881 UT, 14.5 (T. Vanmunster); Sep 15.886 UT, 14.7: (E. Broens, 0.35-m refl., seq: GSC); Sep 15.875 UT, 14.6 (T. Vanmunster); According to the 'Outburst Activity Database' [2], PV Per was once recorded in outburst before, by T. Kato on October 20, 1990 at mag. 15.9V. References ---------- [1] Howell, Skody, Cannizzo, 1995, ApJ, 439, 337. [2] Vanmunster, Howell, 1995, to be published. [3] Downes, Shara, 1993, PASP, 105, 127-245. Tonny Vanmunster