[vsnet-alert 17188] Re: MASTER OT J175924.12+252031.7 - Possible Nova in Hercules (12.7m)

[Denis Denisenko]

If you open SDSS image and click zoom (+) 3 times, one can suspect the
blue star hidden behind the brighter red dwarf at 4 o'clock (WSW)
direction:
http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=269.85084854&dec=25.34254633

So, there may actually be three stars where SDSS is seeing two! Then
WZ Sge scenario becomes not so impossible as I originally thought.

Also, keep in mind that the robotic photometry of MASTER unfiltered
images with the red zero point is often too bright by ~0.5m. If you
observe MASTER OT J175924.12+252031.7 in V band, I would expect ~13.2
magnitude rather than 12.7.

Denis

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Patrick Schmeer
<pasc1312-aavso at yahoo.de> wrote:
> GALEX J175924.3+252032 (NUV 21.8 mag) is 2.7" from the new object:
> R.A. 17h59m24.31s  Decl. +25°20'32.5"  (J2000.0)
>
> Regards,
> Patrick