AAVSO Alert Notice

Alert Notice 322: Multicolor CCD campaign for AM Her to support XMM Newton observations AND BP Hyi eclipsing binary campaign

July 14, 2005

SUBJECT:
1. MULTICOLOR CCD CAMPAIGN FOR AM HER TO SUPPORT XMM NEWTON OBSERVATIONS
2. BP HYI ECLIPSING BINARY CAMPAIGN


1. MULTICOLOR CCD CAMPAIGN FOR AM HER TO SUPPORT XMM NEWTON OBSERVATIONS

Summary
The polar AM Her is going to be observed with the XMM Newton satellite observatory later this month. We have been asked to coordinate multicolor CCD ground based photometry during the observing periods.

Alert Notice 323: 1737-34 Nova Scorpii 2005 [V1188 Sco]

July 26, 2005

SUBJECT: 1737-34 NOVA SCORPII 2005

Object: 1737-34 NOVA SCORPII 2005   [V1188 Sco]

Event: Nova in Scorpius

Discovered Independently By:
- ASAS-3 survey (reported by Grzegorz Pojmanski, Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory)
- Hideo Nishimura, Kakegawa, Shizuoka-ken, Japan (reported by S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan)

Alert Notice 324: 1614-15 V818 Sco - Request for observations to support Spitzer observations

August 17, 2005: Our assistance has been requested by Dr. Stefanie Wachter, Spitzer Science Center, Caltech, in observing the low-mass x-ray binary V818 Sco (Sco X-1) in support of her upcoming Spitzer observations of this object.

Alert Notice 325: 1955+22C Var Vul 05 - New variable near M27

August 23, 2005

Subject: 1955+22C VAR VUL 05 - NEW VARIABLE NEAR M27

Object: 1955+22C VAR VUL 05

Event: New Variable in Vulpecula

Discovered Independently By:
- Joerg Hanisch, Gescher, Germany
- Hans-Goeran Lindberg, Skultuna, Sweden

Discovery Magnitude:
- 15.8 CCD clear +/-0.4 (C11 at 2699 mm FL, unfiltered SXV-H9 camera at 3x3 binning) - Hanisch
- 15.27 C (pix_H5 Compstar 16.6) - Lindberg

Alert Notice 327: Nova Scuti 2005 - Probable Nova in Scutum

October 3, 2005

SUBJECT: NOVA SCUTI 2005 - Probable Nova in Scutum

Object: 1826-06 N SCT 05

Discovered Independently By:
- A. Takao, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan (reported by M. Soma, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
- K. Haseda, Aichi, Japan (reported by H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, Japan)

Discovery Magnitude:
- Takao: 10.3 CCD
- Haseda: ~10.9 photographic

Alert Notice 328: V477 Scuti = Nova Scuti 2005 Number 2 - Nova in Scutum

October 17, 2005

SUBJECT: V477 SCUTI = NOVA SCUTI 2005 Number 2 - Nova in Scutum

Object: 1833-12 V477 SCUTI = N SCT 05#2

Discovered Independently By:
- G. Pojmanski, Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, in the course of the All-Sky Automated Survey (ASAS)
- K. Haseda, Aichi, Japan (reported by H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, Japan)

Alert Notice 331: Monitoring requested on Cepheid variable 1320-02 W Vir

January 10, 2006

SUBJECT: MONITORING REQUESTED ON CEPHEID VARIABLE 1320-02 W VIR

Longtime AAVSO member and colleague Dr. George Wallerstein, University of Washington, has requested our assistance in monitoring the Cepheid variable W Vir in support of his scheduled observing later this month at Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico. Visual and CCD observations are requested. For PEP observers who can reach magnitude 10 or fainter, PEP-V observations are also requested.