ASAS Highlights

Facts

• Sky coverage: south of +28 deg
• Coverage rate: once in 1-3 days.
• Number of stars observed: approx. 15 million.
• Number of detected variables: approx. 50,000.
• Number of new variables: approx. 39,000.
• The ASAS Catalog of Variable Stars

Discoveries and independent detections

Hot

Nova Oph 2006 = ASAS 173313-2421.1 (ASAS discovery)
New Dwarf Nova in Hydra = ASAS 102522-1542.4 (ASAS discovery)
New Dwarf Nova in Cetus = ASAS 023322-1047.0 (ASAS discovery)
New Comet = C/2006 A1 (ASAS discovery)

• Comets
  • C/2004 R2 (ASAS) comet (ASAS discovery)
  • C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) (predisc. autom. detect.)
  • C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski) (ASAS discovery)

• Novae
  • V4745 Sgr = Nova Sgr 2003 = ASAS 184002-3326.9 (predisc. obs.)
  • V5114 Sgr = Nova Sgr 2004 = ASAS 181932-2836.6 (predisc. autom. detection)
  • V2574 Oph = Nova Oph 2004 = ASAS 173845-2328.3 (predisc. autom. detection)
  • V1186 Sco = Nova Sco 2004 = ASAS 171251-3056.6 (ASAS discovery)
  • V1188 Sco = Nova Sco 2005 = ASAS 174422-3416.5 (ASAS discovery)
    
  • Nova SMC = ASAS 011500-7325.6 (predisc. autom. detect.)
    
  • V1663 Aql = Nova Aql 2005 = ASAS 190512+0514.2 (ASAS discovery) image: Arto Oksanen spectrum: Fujii Bisei Observatory
    
  • V382 Nor = Nova Nor 2005 = ASAS 161945-5134.9 (predisc. obs.)
    
  • V378 Ser = Nova Ser 2005 = ASAS 174924-1300.0 (ASAS discovery)
  • V5115 Sgr = Nova Sgr 2005 = = ASAS 181700-2556.4
  • SN 2005df in NGC 1559 = ASAS 041739-6246.3
    
  • V477 Sct = Nova Sct #2 2005 = ASAS 183843-1216.3 (ASAS discovery)
    
  • V476 Sct = Nova Sct 2005 = ASAS 183205-0643.6 (predisc. obs.)
    
  • V1047 Cen = Nova Cen 2005 = ASAS 132050-6237.8 (predisc. obs.)
    
  • V5116 Sgr = Nova Sgr #2 2005 = ASAS 181751-3026.5
    
  • Nova Oph 2006 = ASAS 173313-2421.1 (ASAS discovery)
    
• Dwarf Novae (new)
  • ASAS 023322-1047.0 - DN in Cet (ASAS discovery)
    
  • ASAS 160048-4846.2 - UGSU in Nor (ASAS discovery)
    
  • ASAS 091858-2942.6 - CV in Pyx (ASAS discovery). OGLE image
  • ASAS 153616-0839.1 - UGWZ (ASAS discovery)
  • ASAS 002511+1217.2 - UGWZ/UGSU ? (ASAS discovery)
    • light_curve from Nyrola observatory/Arto Oksanen and Mike Richmond (RIT) from Sep, 18, 19, 26.
  • ASAS 102522-1542.4 Dwarf Nova in Hydra 2006 (ASAS discovery)
    
  • ASAS 023322-1047.0 - Dwarf Nova in Cetus 2006 (ASAS discovery)