The UGWZ star IK Leo was detected to be in outburst on 2024 Feb 21.957 by ASAS-SN at magnitude 13.011g.  This was the first recorded outburst since October 2006. One minor rebrightening was recorded before the last positive observation was made on March 26 - the outburst lasting around 28 days.

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The outburst was monitored visually with the 51cm from Birmingham, and using the Slooh and COAST remote telescopes in Tenerife and Chile.