Discovery of a new outburst of the bipolar jet-emitter, stable H-burning WD in the symbiotic binary Hen 3-1341

When a week ago we resumed the optical monitoring following its emergence from the conjunction with the Sun, we found that the symbiotic star Hen 3-1341 (V2523 Oph) is undergoing a bright outburst, the first one occurring since the last outburst that peaked in brightness in mid 1999. During the preceding quiescence, the object went down to B=14.179, V=13.353, Rc=12.053, Ic=10.861 on 2009 Sept 11.798 UT, and our last measurement before the current outburst reported it at B=13.948, V=13.231, Rc=11.798 and Ic=10.659 on 2011 July 3.909 UT.