Recurrent Objects Programme

Courtesy Dr. Andrew Beardmore, University of Leicester

The Recurrent Objects Programme was initially set up by Guy Hurst of 'The Astronomer' organisation in the 1980's specifically to monitor poorly studied eruptive stars of various types, where outbursts generally occur at periods greater than one year, and/or where few or no observations of the object had been secured.    Many of the objects on the programme have no known period, and details of maximum and minimum brightness are rather uncertain.  I took over as co-ordinator of the ROP in 1990, and integrated it into the BAAVSS Main Programme in 1995, during my time as Director of the BAA Variable Star Section.

The main aims of the programme are...

To  monitor for outbursts or unusual behaviour either visually or with CCD's, in order to determine an outburst cycle, and with the help of CCD photometry, the orbital period.  

To obtain high quality photometry during outburst.

To raise the profile of the objects on the programme in order that greater observational coverage will be obtained.

To provide Professional astronomers with much needed data on these stars.

At present there are 81 objects on the programme (see below).  Most are Dwarf Novae, but several Novae have been included where more than one outburst has been detected, or is suspected of being recurrent from professional literature.  Other interesting NL objects appear too!

The latest and most up to date charts and sequences should be used whenever possible.  These are available from the AAVSO  web site, or for charts in the BAAVSS format, contact the BAAVSS chart secretary John Toone for details.

Visual observers may wish to telephone me for confirmation of outburst detections for objects on the ROP, and  my telephone number is available throughout the night for such alerts.  Please send me an e-mail stating your interest in the ROP, and I will be happy to mail you my number.  Alternatively it can be found on the back cover of the VSS Circulars.  CCD observers are encouraged to post their outburst details to the BAAVSS-ALERT group as soon as possible.

If  the star name is highlighted, click to see a light curve.

If the RA is highlighted, click to get the BAAVSS chart.

Last update September 15th 2016   Drop V725 Aql, EI Psc,  V701 Tau.  Add  ASASSN-15po, ASASSN-15ax, ASASSN-14jv, V529 Dra & PNV J17292916+0054043

STAR    RA 2000.0  Dec 2000.0      Range              Type          
V402 And 00 11 07 +30.33 15.5B-<17.8 UGSU
LS And   00 32 10 +41.58 11.7p-20.5p NA
ASASSN-15po 00 36 36 +21 51 13.7-21.5V UGWZ
LL And 00 41 51 +26 37 13.0-<17.0 UGSU
XY Psc 01 10 11 +03 33 13.0-<20.0 UG:
WX Cet 01 17 04 -17 56   9.5-18.5 UGSU
UW Per 02 12 30 +57 05 13.5-18.8p? UG?
PQ And 02 29 29 +40 03 10.1-19.0V UGSU
NSV 895 02 42 16 +43 21 11.7-<20.0p UG?
UW Tri 02 45 17 +33 31 14.7-<21.0p UGSU
V336 Per 03 22 53 +41 37 14.3p-<20.0p UG
SV Ari 03 25 03 +19 50 12.0-22.0p N:
V518 Per 04 21 43 +32 54 12.0-<20.0B XN
V650 Ori 05 31 08 +09 45 15.5p-<17.5p UGWZ:
V2828 Ori 06 19 59 +19 26 59 12.76C- UGSU
V616 Mon 06 22 45 -00 20 11.2-20.2B XND
CI Gem 06 30 06 +22 19 14.7-18.5p UGSU:/UGSS:
CG CMa 07 04 05 -23 46 13.7-<15.7p UGWZ:
V654 Aur 07 29 10 +36 59         ? NL
SDSS J074716.81+424849.0 07 47 16 +42 49         ? NL
EZ Lyn 08 04 34.2 +51 03 49.2 12.0-18.0V UGWZ:
FH Lyn 08 13 21.0 +45 28 09.4   ? - 18.3 UG
SDSS J081610.84+453010.2 08 16 10.8 +45 30 10.2   ? - 20.0 UGSS
EG Cnc 08 43 04 +27 52 11.9-17.0V UGWZ
T Pyx 09 04 41 -32 23 7.0-15.8B NR
SDSS J093249.57+472523.0 09 32 50 +47 25 23 14.9-19.0CV UGSU+E
HM Leo (NSV 18241) 09 38 37 +07 14 55 12.9-16.8V UG:
U Leo 10 24 03 +14 00 10.5-<15.5v N:
SS LMi 10 34 06 +31 08 15.0-<21.0p UG or N
SDSS J103533.02+055158.3 10 35 33.03 +05 51 58.4          ? UGWZ:+E
SDSS J112619.45+084650.8 11 26 20 +08 46 51 14.7-21.1CV UGSU
RZ Leo 11 37 16 +01 49 10.5-17.5p UGSU
AL Com 12 32 26 +14 21 13.0-20.0p UGSU
IR Com 12 39 32 +21 08 06 13.5-18.7V UGSU+E
HV Vir 13 21 03 +01 53 11.0-20.5B UGWZ
UZ Boo 14 44 01 +22 01 11.5-<16.1v UGSU
SDSS J150137.22+550123.4 15 01 37 +55 01 23 14.6C-19.2V UGSU+E
SDSS J150441.76+084752.6 (1502+09 Boo) 15 04 41 +08 48  13.7-19.1V UG:
T CrB 15 59 30 +25 55    2.0-11.3p NR
U Sco 16 22 31 -17 53   8.8-19.0p NR
V592 Her 16 30 58 +21 17 12.3-<22.0p UGSU:
FBS1719+834 17 13 13 +83 19 14.0-<20.0B UG:
FSVJ1722+2723 17 22 42 +27 23    ?-21.0V UGWZ:
SDSS J172929.47+005404.3 17 29 30 +00 54 12.4-21.4V UGWZ
FBS1735+825 17 29 34 +82 26 14.0-<20.0B UG:
ASASSN-15ax 17 30 25 +45 17 13.8-21.5V UGWZ
V2487 Oph 17 31 59.8 -19 13 56.0  9.5-17.7p NR
V2110 Oph 17 43 44 -22 46 12.0-22.0V NC
V1172 Sgr 17 50 02 -20 41  9.0-18.0p N:
RS Oph 17 50 13 -06 43  4.3-12.5V NR
V745 Sco 17 55 18 -33 14  9.9-21.0 NR
DV Dra 18 17 25 +50 48 15.0B-21.0B UGSU:
Lanning 17 18 23 00 -04 37 15.0-20.0p NL:
V2204 Oph 18 26 02 +11 55 13.7-16.8B NL: ZAND:
V1017 Sgr 18 32 04 -29 23  6.2-14.8B ZAND:
V3645 Sgr 18 35 50 -18 42 12.6-18.0p NR:
V1108 Her 18 39 26.20   +26 04 10.0 12.0-17.1V UGWZ:
V529 Dra 18 42 28 +48 37 12.0-20.6V UGWZ
NSV 24587 18 46 41 -04 57  8.0v-? N:
CI Aql 18 52 04 -01 28 8.7v<16.0v NR
HR Lyr 18 53 25 +29 14  6.5-15.8v NR:
ASASSN-14jv 18 53 28 +42 04 11.3-19.3V UGWZ
EU Sct 18 56 13 -04 13  8.4-18.0p NR:
FS Sct 18 58 17 -05 24 10.1-18.0p NR:
V358 Lyr 18 59 34 +42 24 16.0p-<20.0p UGSU:
V2176 Cyg 19 27 02 +54 18 13.3v-19.0R UGSU
KX Aql 19 33 53 +14 18 12.5p18.4V UGSU:
V2491 Cyg 19 43 02 +32 19 13 7.5-20.0V NR:
V1454 Cyg 19 53 39 +35 22 13.9-<17.0p UGSS
V1363 Cyg 20 06 12 +33 43 13.0-<17.6 VY:
WZ Sge 20 07 36 +17 42   7.0-15.5v UGWZ
V404 Cyg 20 24 04 +33 52 11.0-20.5B N
VY Aqr 21 12 09 -08 50  8.4-17.2p UGSU
V627 Peg 21 38 07 +26 19 57 8.4C-<20.0p UGWZ
V1251 Cyg 21 40 52 +48 40 12.5-<16.0v UGSU
NSV 25747 21 42 18 +31 34 12.8- ? UG:
PNV J21581852+2419246 21 58 19 +24 19 24 14.1-19.8CR UGSU
AY Lac 22 22 23 +50 23 9 14.0V-<21.0B NR or UGWZ
NSV 25966 22 50 39 +63 29         ?      ?
SDSS J230351.64+010651.0 23 03 51 +01 07         ? UG:
V630 Cas 23 48 53 +51 28 12.3-17.1p UG:

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