AQ CMi 

Position:    7 14 34.84  +8 48 05.0 [2000.0] (Downes & Shara)
             7 14 34.76  +8 48 04.7 [2000.0] (Ouda Station, 1997 outburst)
The 1996 outburst of this SU-UMa dwarf nova was first noted by Jochen Pietz on 1996 February 10.97. This object was added to the Recurrent Objects Programme in 1994 (see R/O newsletter No. 2).

AQ CMi was discovered as a possible dwarf nova by Morgenroth (AN 251, 326, 1934) who recorded the star in outburst on three plates between JD 2427155 and 2427160 (1933 March). Downes and Shara (1993) identifed AQ CMi with a very faint object of 19-20 mag.

Pietz also detected the 1997 outburst on 1997 March 28.88. This was confirmed by Poyner.

1996 outburst lightcurve

V-Band CCD image of 1996 February 14 by Nick James. V=14.7.

V-Band CCD image of 1997 April 3 by Nick James. V=15.5.

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