[vsnet-alert 20845] PNV J18593500-0819370: new transient (11.5 mag) in Aquila

[Patrick Schmeer]

PNV J18593500-0819370

Discoverer: Yukio Sakurai (Mito, Ibaraki-ken, Japan)

R.A. 18h59m35.00s  Decl. -08°19'37.0"  (J2000.0)
2017 March 30.776 UT, 11.5 mag (CCD, unfiltered)

"2017 03 30.776
Discovered on two frames by Y. Sakurai, Mito, Japan,
using Nikon D7100 digital camera + 180-mm f/2.8 lens.
Nothing is visible at this location on two frames
(limit mag.= 12.5) taken on 2017 Mar. 28.781 UT.
There is a star (mag= 14.5) at 35s.08 and 37".6."

http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J18593500-0819370.html

Spectroscopy and time-resolved photometry are
urgently required.

Clear skies,
Patrick