[vsnet-alert 15044] Re: AAVSO Special Notice #300: Possible bright transient in the Hyades field

[Ulisse Munari]

there is nothing within 10 arcmin of the given position which
is not already present on the Palomar prints.
Ulisse Munari

On Tue, 23 Oct 2012, Patrick Schmeer wrote:

> I observed the field at 19:28 UTC with my
> 20x80 binoculars: no object brighter than
> magnitude 6.0 visible at the transient's
> position. I'll check later again.
>
> Patrick Schmeer (Saarbrücken-Bischmisheim, Germany)
>
>
> --- aavso at aavso.org <aavso at aavso.org> wrote:
>
>> AAVSO Special Notice #300
>> 
>> Possible bright transient in the Hyades field
>> October 23, 2012
>> 
>> Ian Shelton (Mount Allison University & U. Toronto)
>> wrote in Astronomer's Telegram #4513 that a possible
>> 6th magnitude transient with very red color was
>> detected in a DSLR image of the the field of the
>> Hyades on 2012 October 22.4361 (JD 2456222.9361). 
>> Coordinates given for the transient are the following
>> (J2000): RA: 04 23 29 , Dec: +17 58 29
>> ...
>> This AAVSO Special Notice was prepared by M. Templeton.
>