[vsnet-alert 20229] TCP J01375892+4951055: transient (13.2 mag) in Andromeda

[Patrick Schmeer]

TCP J01375892+4951055  (UGWZ:)

Discoverer: Koichi Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan)

R.A. 01h37m58.92s  Decl. +49°51'05.5"  (J2000.0)
2016 Oct. 19.5761 UT, 13.2 mag (CCD, unfiltered)

http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J01375892+4951055.html

A Gaia DR1 star of 19.247 mag with position end
figures 58.930s and 05.48" is only 0.1" from the
reported position. Further designations for this
(blue) progenitor candidate: USNO-B1.0 1398-0041475,
GSC2.3 NBZ2017198, SDSS J013758.90+495105.4,
GALEX J013758.9+495104, AllWISE J013758.86+495106.0

Spectroscopy and time-resolved photometry are
urgently required.

Clear skies,
Patrick