[vsnet-alert 19239] TCP J05493243+4636023: new transient (12.7 mag) in Auriga

[Patrick Schmeer]

TCP J05493243+4636023

Discoverer: Shigehisa Fujikawa (Kan'onji, Kagawa, Japan)

R.A. 05h49m32.43s  Decl. +46°36'02.3" (J2000.0)
2015 Nov. 3.8067 UT, 12.7 mag (CCD, unfiltered)

"2015 11 03.8067 UT
Shigehisa Fujikawa, Kan'onji, Kagawa, Japan, reports
his discovery of this TCP (mag 12.7) in Aur on a CCD
frame taken on 2015 Nov 03.8067 (limiting mag about 14)
using a Minolta F 3.5 f 120mm lens. He confirmed the
object on another frame taken shifted about 2 arcmin
north with the same lens."

http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J05493243+4636023.html


The following very red (and apparently variable) carbon star
is 4.6" from the transient's position:
- CGCS 6107 (05 49 32.1 +46 35 57)
  V= 17.3 mag
- USNO-B1.0 1365-0154845 (05 49 32.257 +46 35 58.05)
  R1= 12.38, R2= 16.70, I= 11.33, B2= 20.77 mag
- GSC2.3 NAO2004478 (05 49 32.322 +46 35 57.79)
  F= 16.20, j= 20.59, V= 15.95, N= 11.55 mag
- 2MASS 05493230+4635578 
  J= 8.898, H= 6.795, K= 5.124 mag
- WISE J054932.37+463557.9 (05 49 32.374	 +46 35 57.92)
  W1= 2.847, W2= 2.162, W3= 0.116, W4= -0.144 mag

Time-resolved photometry and especially spectroscopy
of this transient are encouraged.

Clear skies,
Patrick