cataclysmic variable AAVSO Alert Notice 218

Alert Notice 234: Rare outburst of 1858+42 V493 Lyrae AND Second set of observations scheduled in international observing campaign on 1913+49 AM Herculis

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AAVSO ALERT NOTICE 234 (December 20, 1996)

RARE OUTBURST OF 1858+42 V493 LYRAE

We have been informed by G. Hanson, Cave Creek, AZ, of the rare outburst of
V493 Lyrae [R.A. 18h 59m 58s, Decl. +42o 50.4' (1950)].  Recent observations
of V493 Lyr include: