[vsnet-alert 18704] Re: SDSS J150441.76+084752.6 (= 1502+09) extremely rare outburst

[Ian Miller]

SDSS J150441.76+084752.6 is not in outburst.

2015 Jun 08 22:19 UT <17.6C

 

Best regards,

Ian.
 

> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:43:23 +0100
> From: pasc1312-aavso at yahoo.de
> To: vsnet-alert at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp; vsnet-outburst at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp; cvnet-outburst at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [vsnet-alert 18703] SDSS J150441.76+084752.6 (= 1502+09) extremely rare outburst
> 
> SDSS J150441.76+084752.6 (= 1502+09, in Bootes)
> 
> is undergoing an extremely rare outburst according to
> two baavss-alert messages from Gary Poyner and
> Victor Hull.
> 
> Visual magnitude estimates:
> 2015 Jun 06 23:47 UT, [14.2 (Hull)
> 2015 Jun 07 23:22 UT, 13.7 (Hull)
> 
> Apparently no previous outbursts have been recorded of
> this object, which was discovered in 1984 as "a faint
> emission-line star, 1502+09".
> 
> Confirmation, spectroscopy, and time-resolved photometry
> are urgently required.
> 
> Coordinates: R.A. 15h04m41.76s, Decl. +08°47'52.7" (J2000.0)
> 
> Links:
> http://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=132666
> http://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/cvcat/query_processor.cgi?setup_file=varcat.setup.cgi&query_decision=single_record&uid=6907
> 
> Clear skies,
> Patrick
>