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GK Per outburst

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:35 pm

by Francois Teyssier

The cataclysmic -polar intermédiaire- GK Per (Old nova Per 1901) is in outburst at mag V = 10
The last strong outburst occured in 2010

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Joan Guarro obtained an interesting spectrum last night

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François Teyssier

Re: GK Per outburst

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:32 pm

by Tim Lester

Here is my spectrum for 2015-04-15.
According to light curve on AAVSO it is near maximum, perhaps just starting to decline.

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Tim