Gaia20cnt: photometric observations of a new outburst

According to the data from TRANSIENT Name Service (TNS), Gaia20cnt/AT 2020loj was discovered on 2020-05-31 06:11:31.200 by S.T. Hodgkin, E. Breedt, A. Delgado, D.L. Harrison, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, T. Wevers, A. Yoldas (IoA Cambridge), N. Ihanec, K. Kruszyńska, K.A. Rybicki, Ł. Wyrzykowski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory), Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska (Leiden Observatory), D. Eappachen (SRON/RU), G. Marton (Konkoly Observatory), on behalf of the Gaia Alerts team.

Our follow-up observations were obtained on 15/16 September, 2026 with the 0.7-m f/4 AZT-8 telescope at the Observational Station Lisnyky of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. On the reulted lightcurve we cannot confidently identify brightness variations as superhumps. The results were published in The Astronomer's Telegram.

Light curve of Gaia20cnt obtained on 15/16 of September 2026

Last 8 outbursts of Gaia20cnt