SPK
Affiliation
Association Française des Observateurs d'Étoiles Variables (AFOEV)
Tue, 09/05/2017 - 06:24
SS Cygni (probably the most popular of all dwarf novae) is currently undergoing an anomalous outburst (since 2 September 2017):
https://www.aavso.org/apps/webobs/results/?star=SS%20CYG&num_results=200
SS Cyg in VSX: https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=10939
AAVSO "Variable Star of the Season" article from the archive: https://www.aavso.org/vsots_sscyg
Clear skies,
Patrick
Thank you Patrick, indeed I saw that too, this very morning my last estimation gives 11.3. And another star shows a strange curve shape look at Khi Cyg, with one of the "highest" minimum.
Michel
Hi Michel
More noticeable is that Khi Cygni didn't shown, in this cycle, a hump in the ascending branch of the light curve.
... – now for four days: https://www.aavso.org/apps/webobs/results/?star=SS%20CYG&num_results=200