Swift

Special Notice #198: Possible Outburst of GK Per

March 9, 2010: The old nova (1901) and x-ray source GK Per may be going into outburst. Reports beginning late on 2010 March 6 UT show it brightening from its minimum visual magnitude of about 13.1 to 12.3-12.4.
 
When GK Per went nova in 1901, its disk was destroyed. Eventually the disk was re-established, and dwarf nova-like outbursts were observed.

Alert Notice 340: Request to monitor 1744-06 RS Ophiuchi for multiwavelength campaign AND Correction

September 1, 2006

 

ALERT NOTICE 340 Correction  (September 1, 2006)

Re: REQUEST TO MONITOR 1744-06 RS OPHIUCHI FOR MULTIWAVELENGTH CAMPAIGN

Object: 1744-06 RS OPH

Coordinates: R.A. 17h 50m 13.202s Dec. -06o 42' 28.48" (2000.0)

Alert Notice 346: 1651-32 V1280 Sco = Nova Scorpii 2007

February 16, 2007

Event: Very Bright Nova in Scorpius

This nova, discovered at 9th magnitude 12 days ago, has brightened dramatically in the past few days to 3rd magnitude, becoming one of the brightest novae in the past several years. It has gained the attention of the professional community and will be observed by numerous satellites, including Chandra, Swift, and INTEGRAL.

Special Notice #325: BB Dor monitoring requested for Swift and HST observations

January 21, 2013: AAVSO observations are requested of the SW Sex-type novalike variable BB Dor in support of one and possibly two sets of multiwavelength observations: Dr. Tomohito Ohshima (Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University) and colleagues have triggered Target of Opportunity observations with NASA's Swift gamma-ray burst satellite, and Dr. Boris Gaensicke (Warwick University) is hoping to observe BB Dor in the ultraviolet with HST.

Special Notice #287: Request to observe X-ray transient Swift J1910.2-0546

June 28, 2012: The recently discovered gamma-ray source Swift J1910.2-0546 (Krimm et al., ATel #4139; Barthelmy et al., GCNC #13369; T. Ohshima., vsnet-alert 14674) is optically bright, reaching magnitude CR = 15.7 on 2012 June 14 (R. Pickard, BAAVSS, using the Faulkes Telescope South).  The object was also observed by A. Odasso, using the Sierra Stars Observatory Network (A.

Alert Notice 459: Monitoring of RU Peg requested for Swift observations

6 June 2012: Dr. Koji Mukai (Universities Space Research Association/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) has requested AAVSO observers' assistance in monitoring the SS Cyg-type dwarf nova RU Peg in support of target-of-opportunity observations with the NASA Swift satellite during an outburst.

His observations will be targeted during the rise to outburst and during late decline from outburst. Thus, your prompt notification to AAVSO Headquarters of activity in RU Peg will be crucial to the success of this campaign.

Alert Notice 457: Monitoring Nova Oph 2012 for multiwavelength observations [V2676 Oph]

April 10, 2012:  Dr. Michael Rupen (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM) has informed us that he and his colleagues of the EVLA (Expanded Very Large Array) Nova Team are carrying out a multiwavelength campaign on the Fe II-type nova Nova Oph 2012 [V2676 Oph]. They have triggered observations with Swift, JVLA (Jansky Very Large Array), SMA (Submillimeter Array), and high-resolution optical spectroscopy. He is requesting AAVSO observations in support.