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IAUC 6039: AG Dra; LQ Sgr; 1993e
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Circular No. 6039
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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AG DRACONIS
R. Viotti, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale, Consiglio Nazionale
delle Ricerche, Frascati; R. Gonzalez-Riestra, International
Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) Observatory, European Space Agency, Madrid;
and C. Rossi, Istituto Astronomico, La Sapienza University, Rome,
write: "We observed the symbiotic star AG Dra with the IUE during
its present outburst phase (IAUC 6009) on June 29 and July 4, 5,
and 12. The ultraviolet continuum fluxes at 134.0 and 286.0 nm are
4.1 and 2.9 x 10E-12 erg cmE-2 sE-1 AE-1 on July 12, respectively,
whereas one week earlier they were lower by factors 1.25 and 1.10.
The strongest emission line is He II at 164 nm, with an observed
intensity of 1.7 x 10E-10 erg cmE-2 sE-1 on July 5 (25 percent
stronger than during the 1981 outburst). At low resolution, there
are also intense emissions of N V, C IV, the O III Bowen lines, the
He II Paschen lines, and the O IV] + Si IV 140-nm blend. At high
resolution, the He II 164-nm line shows a narrow emission core and
extended wings, with a FWHM of 0.4 nm. The ultraviolet spectrum is
qualitatively similar to that of the 1981 outburst, but line and
continuum fluxes appear more intense."
LQ SAGITTARII
U. Munari and T. Zwitter, Asiago Astrophysical Observatory;
and A. Bragaglia, Astronomical Observatory, Bologna, communicate:
"A low-resolution, optical/near-infrared spectrogram of LQ Sgr (= N
Sgr 1897), recently announced as undergoing a symbiotic-nova outburst
(cf. IAUC 6018), was secured on July 14.1 UT with the Boller
& Chivens spectrograph of the 1.5-m European Southern Observatory
telescope. The spectrum is typical of a Mira variable close to
maximum brightness. It does not resemble that of any known symbiotic
or classical nova at maximum or declining phases. We therefore
suggest that LQ Sgr is a normal Mira variable."
PERIODIC COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9 (1993e)
H. C. Bhatt, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore,
reports that he detected an intense flash in the infrared H (1.65-
micron) band corresponding to the impact of the fragment S = 5 of
P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter, with an InSb infrared photometer on
the 0.75-m telescope at the Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur. The
brightness began to increase sharply, with a rise time of about 2 s
at July 21.63843 UT. The flash lasted 32 s with a peak flash
brightness of about -2.7 mag in the H band.
1994 July 27 (6039) Daniel W. E. Green
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