The 2006 outburst
The best-known prediction for
the 2006 outburst (Pietilä, H. 1998, ApJ, 508, 669 ) and the
periodic solution predict an outburst in
summer 2006.
No proper coordinated monitoring programme has been organised to observe the outburst, unlike in
1993-1996.
At the 2005 AGM of the amateur “The Astronomer” Group in Basingstoke (England) a chance
conversation with former
British Astronomical Association Variable Star Section (BAA-VSS) Director, Gary Poyner, led
us to set up an amateur
monitoring campaign.
