Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Fri, 01/14/2022 - 10:02

To whom it may concern:

The BOOTES-1A wide field image telescope at the BOOTES-1 station in Mazagon (INTA-CEDEA, Huelva, Spain) automatically detected a rise in the flux of the cataclysmic variable star GY Cnc at 02:15:23 UT on 13 Jan 2022. Its optical flux increased to 12.6 mag. in clear filter using G filter from GAIA mission. Following this alert, a set of five images were obtained spanning 2h in total with the BOOTES-1B 0.3m robotic telescope located nearby.

BOOTES-1A:
12.58 [+/-0.08] - 02:15:23

BOOTES-1B:
12.34 [+/-0.01] - 02:58:00
12.43 [+/-0.01] - 03:17:24
12.33 [+/-0.01] - 03:30:54
12.29 [+/-0.01] - 03:42:11
12.30 [+/-0.01] - 03:57:34

This telescope also detected an outburst in V493 Ser:

BOOTES-1A:
12.33 [+/-0.2] - 05:01:02

BOOTES-1B:
12.55 [+/-0.03] - 05:53:06
12.52 [+/-0.03] - 06:08:45
12.56 [+/-0.03] - 06:16:11
12.49 [+/-0.03] - 06:26:13
12.47 [+/-0.03] - 06:34:11