View Single Post
  #1  
Old 12-10-2015, 11:18 PM
Rob_K
Registered User

Rob_K is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Bright, Vic, Australia
Posts: 2,187
New transient in Ophiuchus

A new transient, presumably a cataclysmic variable, has been put up on CBAT's Transient Objects Confirmation Page (TOCP) at discovery mag 11.8 and confirmed by several observers. Its nature is not known and a spectrum is needed.
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unco...5-2409042.html

Photometry by Seiichiro Kiyota yielded B=13.65, V=12.04, Rc=11.12 and Ic=10.09. I imaged it tonight. Under high saturation its colour is orange - I'm betting a nova but with the extinction in that area could it be enough to tip a different type of cv towards the red?? Time will tell!

Cheers -
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (TCP J17344775-2409042, 12 Oct 2015 text b sm.jpg)
166.3 KB28 views
Reply With Quote