[Aavso-photometry] (cba:news) BZ UMa long-awaited superoutburst?

Michael Koppelman lolife at bitstream.net
Fri Apr 13 22:41:21 EDT 2007


OK, Patrick convinced me. I'm going to swing over there as of 2:45UT.  
Let me know if someone else picks it up further west.

M.


On Apr 13, 2007, at 9:33 PM, Patrick Schmeer wrote:

> The current bright outburst of BZ UMa is definitely
> longer than its other outbursts in the past twenty
> years - and looks like a superoutburst of an SU UMa-
> type dwarf nova. The previous outbursts resembled
> normal UGSU outbursts or outbursts of intermediate
> polars. BZ UMa should stay high on the agenda of
> observers in the northern hemisphere, who should
> watch out for the emergence of superhumps.



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