We present the results of photometric and spectroscopic monitoring campaigns of the changing look AGN NGC 3516 carried out in 2018 to 2020 covering the wavelength range from the X-ray to the optical. The facilities included the telescopes of the CMO SAI MSU, the 2.3-m WIRO telescope, and the XRT and UVOT of Swift. We found that NGC 3516 brightened to a high state and could be classified as Sy1.5 during the late spring of 2020. We have measured time delays in the responses of the Balmer and He II 4686 lines to continuum variations. In the case of the best-characterized broad H-beta line, the delay to continuum variability is about 17 days in the blue wing and is clearly shorter, 9 days, in the red, which is suggestive of inflow. As the broad lines strengthened, the blue side came to dominate the Balmer lines, resulting in very asymmetric profiles with blueshifted peaks during this high state. During the outburst the X-ray flux reached its maximum on 1 April 2020 and it was the highest value ever observed for NGC 3516 by the Swift observatory. The X-ray hard photon index became softer, about 1.8 in the maximum on 21 Apr 2020 compared to the mean about 0.7 during earlier epochs before 2020. We have found that the UV and optical variations correlated well (with a small time delay of 1-2 days) with the X-ray until the beginning of April 2020, but later, until the end of Jun. 2020, these variations were not correlated. We suggest that this fact may be a consequence of partial obscuration by Compton-thick clouds crossing the line of sight.

For two classical Cepheids, CEa Cas and CEb Cas, members of the open cluster NGC 7790, we have constructed $$O-C$$ diagrams spanning a time interval of 125 years. The $$O-C$$ diagrams have the shape of parabolas, which has allowed us for the first time to determine the quadratic light elements and to calculate the rates of evolutionary changes in their periods: $$dP/dt={-}0.038({\pm}{0.017})$$ s yr $${}^{-1}$$ for CEa Cas and $$dP/dt={+}0.099({\pm}{0.010})$$ s yr $${}^{-1}$$ for CEb Cas, in agreement with the theoretical calculations for the second and third crossings of the instability strip, respectively. The pulsation stability test proposed by Lombard and Koen has confirmed that the changes in the periods are real.

We carried out a search for unknown dwarf novae in a public data release of the Zwicky Transient Facility survey and suspected that the object ZTF18abdlzhd is a SU UMa-type star.Performed multicolor CCD observations permit us to follow its fading from an outburst in August and an entire superoutburst in October 2020.The duration of the superoutburst is 13 days.We detected superhumps with period P = 0. d 06918(3) that are characteristic of UGSU type stars.

Context. We present observations from the short-term intensive optical campaign (from September 2019 to January 2020) of the changing-look Seyfert NGC 3516. This active galactic nucleus is known to have strong optical variability and has changed its type in the past. It has been in the low-activity state in the optical since 2013, with some rebrightening from the end of 2015 to the beginning of 2016, after which it remained dormant.Aims. We aim to study the photometric and spectral variability of NGC 3516 from the new observations in U- and B-bands and examine the profiles of the optical broad emission lines in order to demonstrate that this object may be entering a new state of activity.Methods. NGC 3516 has been monitored intensively for the past 4 months with an automated telescope in U and B filters, enabling accurate photometry of 0.01 precision. Spectral observations were triggered when an increase in brightness was spotted. We support our analysis of past-episodes of violent variability with the UV and X-ray long-term light curves constructed from the archival Swift/UVOT and Swift/XRT data.Results. An increase of the photometric magnitude is seen in both U and B filters to a maximum amplitude of 0.25 mag and 0.11 mag, respectively. During the flare, we observe stronger forbidden high-ionization iron lines ([FeVII] and [FeX]) than reported before, as well as the complex broad H alpha and H beta lines. This is especially seen in H alpha, which appears to be double-peaked. It seems that a very broad component of similar to 10 000 km s(-1) in width in the Balmer lines is appearing. The trends in the optical, UV, and X-ray light curves are similar, with the amplitudes of variability being significantly larger in the case of UV and X-ray bands.Conclusions. The increase of the continuum emission, the variability of the coronal lines, and the very broad component in the Balmer lines may indicate that the AGN of NGC 3516 is finally leaving the low-activity state in which it has been for the last similar to 3 years.

BVI_cg^'r^'i^' observations of the classical Cepheid V1467 Cyg have been obtained with the 60-cm telescope at the Caucasus Mountain Observatory of the SAI MSU. Invoking all of the available photometry has allowed an O-C diagram spanning a time interval of 107 years to be constructed. This has made it possible to calculate for the first time the rate of evolutionary decrease in the period of V1467 Cyg, dP/dt=-431.5(±8.2) s yr ^-1 , in agreement with the results of model calculations for the second crossing of the instability strip. The pulsation stability test proposed by Lombard and Koen has confirmed that the evolutionary changes in the period are real.

$$BVI_{c}g^{\prime}r^{\prime}i^{\prime}$$ observations of the classical Cepheid V1467 Cyg have been obtained with the 60-cm telescope at the Caucasus Mountain Observatory of the SAI MSU. Invoking all of the available photometry has allowed an $$O-C$$ diagram spanning a time interval of 107 years to be constructed. This has made it possible to calculate for the first time the rate of evolutionary decrease in the period of V1467 Cyg, $$dP/dt={-}431.5({\pm}{8.2})$$ s yr $${}^{-1}$$ , in agreement with the results of model calculations for the second crossing of the instability strip. The pulsation stability test proposed by Lombard and Koen has confirmed that the evolutionary changes in the period are real.

For the first time, BVIc observations of the Cepheid V811 Oph were obtained by using a new 60‑cm telescope at the Caucasus Mountain Observatory, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University (SAI MSU). An $$O{-}C$$ diagram covering a time span of 124 years was plotted using photometry from old photographic and modern sky surveys. The diagram has a parabola shape, which made it possible to determine for the first time the quadratic elements of the brightness variations. Furthermore, it made it possible to calculate the rate of an evolutionary decrease in the period of V811 Oph $$dP{\text{/}}dt = - 0.00375( \pm 0.00177)$$ s/year, which is consistent with the theoretical calculation results for the second intersection of the instability strip if this Cepheid is a classical one. The pulsation stability test proposed by Lombard and Koen confirmed the actual decrease in the period.

We report photometric and spectroscopic observations and analysis of the 2019 superoutburst of TCP J21040470+4631129. This object showed a 9-mag superoutburst with early superhumps and ordinary superhumps, which are the features of WZ Sge-type dwarf novae. Five rebrightenings were observed after the main superoutburst. The spectra during the post-superoutburst stage showed the Balmer, He I and possible sodium doublet features. The mass ratio is derived as 0.0880(9) from the period of the superhump. During the third and fifth rebrightenings, growing superhumps and superoutbursts were observed, which have never been detected during a rebrightening phase among WZ Sge-type dwarf novae with multiple rebrightenings. To induce a superoutburst during the brightening phase, the accretion disk was needed to expand beyond the 3:1 resonance radius of the system again after the main superoutburst. These peculiar phenomena can be explained by the enhanced viscosity and large radius of the disk suggested by the higher luminosity and the presence of late-stage superhumps during the post-superoutburst stage, plus by more mass supply from the cool mass reservoir and/or from the secondary because of the enhanced mass transfer than those of other WZ Sge-type dwarf novae.