[vsnet-alert 13924] MASTER OT J034850.9+714202 in Cepheus
Denis Denisenko
denis at hea.iki.rssi.ru
Sat Dec 3 00:25:59 JST 2011
MASTER-Tunka has detected a 16-mag optical transient MASTER OT
J034850.9+714202 in Cepheus (ATel #3794, Balanutsa et al.) which is a
possible dwarf nova in outburst. The visual inspection of available
Palomar plates shows a presence of a very faint object (B~21.5-22)
marginally visible on two POSS-II blue plates only (1993 Sep. 25 and
1994 Jan. 09). There is nothing at this position in GSC 2.3.2,
USNO-B1.0, 2MASS and GALEX catalogues.
Position of the object (J2000.0) from the discovery ATel:
03 48 50.94 +71 42 02.0
The magnitude of the optical transient (unfiltered) was 16.0 on 2011
Dec. 01.63 UT.
Photometric time series are encouraged.
Denis in Moscow
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