GK Per outburst

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Francois Teyssier
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GK Per outburst

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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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Tim Lester
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Re: GK Per outburst

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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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