AAVSO Special Notice #42

Outburst of GW Lib
April 12, 2007

Rod Stubbings reports via Daisaku Nogami/VSNET that the cataclysmic variable GW Lib is currently in outburst, at a visual magnitude of 13.8. Follow-up observations are urgently requested. The object is located at RA: 15h 19m 55.4s, Dec: -25d 00m 25s (J2000). An AAVSO chart is available at the following URL:

http://www.aavso.org/cgi-bin/searchcharts3.pl?name=GW%20Lib

Matthew Templeton, AAVSO