[vsnet-alert 24042] TCP J11584987-4723224: new transient (12.8 mag) in Centaurus

Mon Mar 9 05:35:16 JST 2020

TCP J11584987-4723224  (UG/N)
RA 11h58m49.87s, DE -47°23'22.4" (J2000.0)
2020 March 8.1806 UT, mag. 12.9 (CCD, unfiltered)
Discoverer: Brazilian Transient Search (BraTS)
For discovery circumstances, progenitor candidate, etc. see
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J11584987-4723224.html

Discovery and reference images:
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/system/files/comment_files/AT_2020efm_OCA_2020-03-08_UT__0.png

Complete ASAS-SN Sky Patrol (Shappee et al. 2014ApJ...788...48S
and Kochanek et al. 2017PASP..129j4502K) light curve and data:
https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/2aa3b838-03f3-4b6c-afd8-f3e284ce11bd
TCPJ11584987-4723224 20200307.143 <16.35g ASN
TCPJ11584987-4723224 20200308.258  12.79g ASN

Spectroscopy, precise astrometry, and multiband as well as
time-resolved photometry are urgently required.

Clear skies,
Patrick