An Outburst of Am CVn type system KL Dra
ATel #2203; T. Barclay (Armagh Observatory/MSSL-UCL), G. Ramsay (Armagh Observatory), D. Steeghs (Warwick)
on 19 Sep 2009; 13:40 UT
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Credential Certification: Gavin Ramsay (gar@arm.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Request for Observations, Cataclysmic Variable, Nova, Variables
As part of our monitoring of AM CVn type variable systems using the
Liverpool Telescope we have observed an outburst of KL Dra
(RA=19:24:38.28 Dec.=+59:41:46.7) on Sep. 17 2009. On Sep. 10
2009 we observed this system to be in a quiescent state with a brightness of
g=17.29 +/- 0.02. Our observation a week later showed the system to be 1.35+/-0.04 magnitudes brighter at g=18.64+/-0.05.
This is the second outburst of this system in just over 6 weeks. On Aug.
8 2009 the system was observed in outburst at a brightness of g=15.55+/-0.04.
We encourage further observations of this system at other wavelengths.
