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Alert Notice 635: Monitoring of SDSS J141118.31+481257.6 requested

May 25, 2018: Dr. Thomas Kupfer (University of California, Santa Barbara) has requested AAVSO assistance in monitoring the rare AMCVn binary SDSS J141118.31+481257.6 during its current WZ Sge-like outburst, the first outburst detected for this system.

The outburst was detected by Tadashi Kojima (Gunma-ken, Japan) on 2018 May 19.514 UT with a magnitude 12.6 V  +/- 0.2. At minimum brightness 19.7 CV, SDSS J141118.31+481257.6 brightened by over 6 magnitudes, reaching a peak brightness of 12.5-12.6 V.

Alert Notice 634: Nightly monitoring requested for V1280 Sco = N Sco 2007

Note: Please continue coverage of V1280 Sco until further notice.  -  Elizabeth O. Waagen, 13 April 2020

May 11, 2018 : Dr. Frederick Walter (Stony Brook University) has requested AAVSO assistance in monitoring V1280 Sco (Nova Sco 2007).

Alert Notice 633: Nova outburst of V392 Per = TCP J04432130+4721280

Note: V392 Per still has not returned to its pre-outburst magnitude. Please continue multicolor observations at least until it fades to V~16.5.  -  Elizabeth O. Waagen, 20 April 2021

V392 Per has not returned to its pre-outburst magnitude. Please continue multicolor observations at least until it fades to V~16.5.  -  Elizabeth O. Waagen, 7 April 2020

April 30, 2018:

Event: Nova in Perseus - V392 Per = TCP J04432130+4721280

Alert Notice 632: Fast photometry of symbiotic candidates requested

April 25, 2018: Dr. Jeno Sokoloski (Columbia University) and Mx. Adrian Lucy (graduate student, Columbia University) have requested AAVSO observations in support of a search underway by Mx. Lucy for symbiotic stars.

Alert Notice 631: Coverage requested for current outburst of AG Dra

Note: Please continue to observe AG Dra until further notice.  -  Elizabeth O. Waagen, 30 July 2021

April 24, 2018: Drs. Jaroslav Merc and Rudolf Gális (both of the Pavel Jozef Šafárik University (Slovakia)), on behalf of their scientific team, have requested AAVSO assistance in observing the symbiotic variable AG Dra as a follow-up to spectroscopic observations and in order to monitor the system in its current outburst, which began in early April.

Alert Notice 630: Coverage needed TONIGHT for ASASSN-18ey = MAXI J1820+070

April 11, 2018: Dr. Gregory Sivakoff (University of Alberta), on behalf of a large number of collaborators, has requested AAVSO observers' assistance in monitoring the outbursting black hole X-ray binary ASASSN-18ey = MAXI J1820+070 in support of a multiwavelength "blitz" campaign taking place tonight and into tomorrow.

Alert Notice 629: Nova in Sagittarius - N Sgr 2018 = PNV J18040967-1803581

April 11, 2018

Event: Nova in Sagittarius - N Sgr 2018 = PNV J18040967-1803581

Discovered independently by:
- Tadashi Kojima (Tsumagoi, Gunma-ken, Japan; reported to CBAT by S. Nakano)
- Hideo Nishimura (Kakegawa, Shizuoka-ken, Japan; reported to CBAT by S. Nakano)
- Yuji Nakamura (Kameyama, Mie, Japan; reported to CBAT by M. Soma)