[vsnet-alert 20173] Re: ATLAS16crq (ATEL 9492)

[Brian Skiff]

On Wed, 2016-09-14 at 10:54 +0900, Taichi Kato wrote:
> ATLAS16crq (ATEL 9492)
> 
>    Could it be a possible nova?
> 
> -      | ATLAS16crq | 18:25:29.87 | -09:47:32.3 | 57639.25  | 20160908.25
> |  14.19 c |          |   4. 
> 
> 4. The object is in the galactic plane (b=1.23) and is almost certainly
> a high amplitude galactic variable. Inspection of the PS1 stack shows no
> object at the location of the transient.
> 

     There is a red star present at: 18 25 29.68 -09 47 31.4
(J2000, 2MASS), recorded at I mag 15.4 in GSC-2.3 at epoch
1982.293, as well as later red-biased catalogues like DENIS
(I mag 15.2), URAT1, UKIDSS, and WISE.  One might need
confirming astrometry for the new object so disambiguate it
from this catalogued object.


\Brian