[vsnet-alert 10038] OT_J081418.9-005022: new Catalina transient

Taichi Kato tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Wed Apr 9 15:57:50 JST 2008


OT_J081418.9-005022

   This new Catalina transient looks real:

804090010444152026 2008-04-09T04:05:19 2008-04-09T03:53:06 08 14 18.90 -00 50 22.1 4.320 14.74 14.74 14.76 14.76  http://nesssi.cacr.caltech.edu/catalina/20080409/804090010444152026.html

SDSS data:
1	 0.261	08 14 18.92	-00 50 22.0	2	6	J081418.91-005022.0 	  	 	18.949	19.137	19.001	18.832	18.535	123.578818	-00.839447	1999.2202	2
2	0.318	08 14 18.92	-00 50 22.0	2	6	J081418.92-005022.0 	  	 	18.505	18.943	18.735	18.739	18.400	123.578834	-00.839445	2000.1730	3

   g=19.1, u-g=-0.2

   The object was probably recorded in outburst with ASAS-3.
Among several candidate outbursts, the 2007 October one has two
positive detections at V=13.4 (Oct 9) and V=13.5 (Oct 13).

   The object is likely a new dwarf nova.


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