Observation by Gary Poyner: QZ Vir April 2020 superoutburst

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Gary Poyner

Observer

Gary Poyner

Observed

2020 May 02 - 10:46

Uploaded

2020 May 02 - 10:57

Objects

Lightcurve
Variable star

Equipment

51cm f4 Newtonian visual
35cm SCT remote OU COAST

Location

Birmingham and Mt. Teide

Target name

QZ Vir

Title

QZ Vir April 2020 superoutburst

About this image

The first outburst of this UGSU star since May 2019, and a slightly unusual one in that the precursor outburst which sometimes triggers the superoutburst was actually the brighter of the two - usually the superoutburst is the brighter. A small post outburst brightening was also observed, not that common in QZ Vir.

Some 10 days after QZ Vir reached magnitude 15.5, quiescent magnitude of ~16.0 had still not been reached, with the star varying slightly about 0.5-0.7 mag brighter than it's usual minimum level.

QZ Vir had a previous life prior to 2006, when it was known as T Leo. It was included as a renamed variable in the 78th name list of variable stars in IBVS 5721, August 2006.

Files associated with this observation

qz vir 2020.gif (16.9 kB)

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Dr Andrew Smith, Peter Mulligan, David Basey, Jeremy Shears, Graham Winstanley, Andrew Dumbleton, Peter Carson

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