[vsnet-alert 14791] OT J224739.7-362254 = Catalina transient

Taichi Kato tkato at kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Wed Jul 25 09:45:19 JST 2012


OT J224739.7-362254 = Catalina transient

   CRTS SSS detected a very unusual object in outburst!
The object underwent a very bright outburst (reaching at least
mag 11.0 (!) in 2006 July.  It was a pity that ASAS did not
record this field frequently.  This object appears to be
a white dwarf + M dwarf binary and was recorded in ESO Science Archive
with the name of WTC126.

   Follow-up observations (including spectroscopy) are encouraged!
A search for past images will also be helpful.

SSS120724:224740-362254 http://nesssi.cacr.caltech.edu/SSS/20120724/1207240371374125883.html 22 47 39.69 -36 22 53.7 14.21 No SDSS object CV


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