* Astronomy

Title: The 2011 February superoutburst of the dwarf nova SDSS J112003.40+663632.4
Authors: Jeremy Shears, Steve Brady, Tom Krajci, Enrique de Miguel, Mike Potter, Richard Sabo, William Stein

We report unfiltered photometry of SDSS J112003.40+663632.4 during the 2011 February outburst which revealed the presence of superhumps with peak-to-peak amplitude of up to 0.22 magnitudes showing this to be an SU UMa type dwarf nova. The outburst amplitude was 5.4 magnitudes above mean quiescence and it lasted at least 12 days. The mean superhump period during the plateau phase was Psh = 0.07057(19) d.

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