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IX Dra now in outburst on March 11 – probably superoutburst

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11 March 2021 at 2:49 pm #583938
Stewart John Bean
Participant

Gary Poyner notes that Yutaka Maeda (Nagasaki, Japan)  has reported the following:

DRA IX    2021 03 10.74591     146:c    Mdy.VSOLJ    outburst

I also just had 14.7 Vmag at 2021/03/11 11:26:17  from itel T11. This compares with 14.5 Vmag for the two previous superoutbursts so most probably a superoutburst.

If anyone has observations for the last few days they could help firm up on the time of the super-outburst’s start.

Stewart