BELGIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY V.V.S. -  Working Group Variable Stars
Cataclysmic Variables Circular No.79              1996, February 05
Ed.: T. Vanmunster, Walhostraat 1A, 3401 Landen, BELGIUM
     Internet: tvanmuns@innet.be                  TEL. 32-11-831504
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LY Hya [UG:, 17.4v - 18.4v]
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Steve Howell, Planetary Science Institute, Arizona reports a possible
outburst of LY Hya, a suspected UG star, while observing at Mauna Kea,
Hawai : "I am at Mauna Kea doing infrared spectra of CV's, and one 
we are doing is a suspected SU UMa star, that is quite bright. It is
1329-294, LY Hya, and has a V mag of 14.4. The orbital period is below 
the gap so it should be an SU UMa type dwarf nova."

LY Hya is located at : R.A. = 13h31m53.93s, decl.= -29d40'59.9"
(J2000.0).

The editor has compared this observation with a VSNET chart provided
by Taichi Kato, Kyoto University, Japan (CCD V-image, dated 1996, Jan.
12). The object clearly was below the detection limit (i.e. V < 17.3).
Hence, chances are high that LY Hya currently is undergoing a rare
outburst. 

According to Steve Howell, no outburst observations are yet known.
Additional information on LY Hya is available in MNRAS, 267, 957,
1994 (Still et al.).

We have prepared a finder chart and sequence for LY Hya, which are
available through the Cataclysmic Variables Home Page. The object
also has been added to the Cataclysmic Variables Alert Programme CVAP.


Tonny Vanmunster