[vsnet-alert 16970] Re: Is LMC V1341 in eruption?

[Rob Kaufman]

Thanks for checking that.  Rod Stubbings observed it last night at <15.4
visually.  He posted but it mustn't have been circularised.  This is a
problem when you get near the noise level but I thought it better to ask
than ignore it.  Sky conditions had changed and I didn't have a chance to
take a second set until later in the night.  Random noise is usually
eliminated but every now and then there'll be flukey reinforcement.  I can
see a faint signal in most of the subs, what's the odds?!  Thanks again.

Rob


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:21 PM, <m31 at telenet.be> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I took snapshots beginning of the night remotely from Chile. The session
> is still running but a preliminary analysis of the images showed T Men, the
> RRab star close to LMC V1341 at mag 13.86 (+/- 0.01) and LMC V1341 around
> mag 18 (+/- 0.5) using a V filter.
>
> Regards,
>
> Josch
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mati Morel" <mmorel7 at bigpond.com>
> To: "Rob Kaufman" <rob.kau at gmail.com>, "vsnet-alert" <
> vsnet-alert at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:06:56 AM
> Subject: [vsnet-alert 16968] Re: Is LMC V1341 in eruption?
>
> Hi All,
>        I have closely studied Rob's image. The image of LMC V1341 (if
> real) is very faint, but a position can be determined.  Relative to UCAC3
> stars, it is
> (J2000)  05 09 56.82 +/- 1.0s   -71 39 55.1 +/- 0.5"
>        This is consistent with the position of previous outbursts.
> Regards,
> Mati Morel
> Variable Stars South
> mmorel7 at bigpond.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Kaufman
> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 10:54 PM
> To: vsnet-alert
> Subject: [vsnet-alert 16962] Is LMC V1341 in eruption?
>
> I imaged the field of this recurrent nova tonight and there seems to be a
> faint star at the position, as far as I can tell given the scale.  Could
> someone have a look?  Unfortunately it's not far above the noise level of
> my image - however it is faintly visible in each of the subs I took (7 x 30
> sec).  MPChecker revealed nothing near the position. Here is the link:
>
> http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/V1341LMC03Mar2014textb.jpg
>
> In the green channel it would be around mag 14.5 (~V).  There was nothing
> visible there last night in an image to the same depth.
>
> Thanks - hope it's not a false alarm.
>
> Rob Kaufman
> Bright, Vic, Australia
>