[vsnet-alert 21480] ASASSN-17mt: classical Galactic nova (11 mag) in Vela

[Patrick Schmeer pasc1312-aavso@yahoo.de via vsnet-alert]

ASASSN-17mt  (N)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=545313

ASASSN-17mt 8:50:29.57 -47:45:28.5 2017-09-24.4 11.29
Galactic nova candidate, V~11.3
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~assassin/transients.html

"ASAS-SN Discovery of a Possible Bright Galactic Nova
ASASSN-17mt" (ATel #10772):
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=10772

"Archival Data Spectral Energy Distribution and Variability
of the ASASSN-17mt Transient" (ATel #10774):
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=10774

"Multi-Band Photometry of a Bright Galactic Plane Transient
ASASSN-17mt Supports the Nova Scenario" (ATel #10785):
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=10785

"Spectroscopic confirmation of ASASSN-17mt as a classical
nova in the optically thick (Fe curtain) stage" (ATel #10795):
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=10795

Clear skies,
Patrick