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PNV J05323331+6247497

PNV J05323331+6247497   2017 03 17.494 *  05 32 33.31 +62 47 49.7  11.9 U             Cam       0 1

2017 03 17.494

Discovered on three frames by M. Yoshimi, Kyoto, Japan, using Canon EOS 6D + 200-mm f/2.8 lens, who confirmed the presence of this star at mag= 12.2 tonight (Mar. 18.4) also who notes nothing is visible at this location on three frames taken on 2017 March 3.4 UT There is a star mag= 16.4 at 33s.71 and 51".8. Discovery image is put at http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/image/PNinCam2017.jpg.

2017 03 15.828

This object is the SU UMa-type dwarf nova V391 Camelopardalis (Gaia DR1 position end figures 33.909s, 52.26"). The still ongoing outburst (a superoutburst) was detected by me visually with a 203-mm Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope (Meade 2080) on 2017 March 15.828 UT at mv= 11.4 (vsnet-outburst 20585): http://ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mailarchive/vsnet-outburst/20585 --- Patrick Schmeer (Saarbrücken-Bischmisheim, Germany)