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

[Michael Koppelman]

It's humping!

http://www.lolife.com/astronomy/bzuma.png

M.


On Apr 13, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Michael Koppelman wrote:

> 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.
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> 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.
>