Re: Spectrum of TCP J06442271+1549388
> We reported optical spectrum of TCP J17562787-1714 to ATel #15911 and
> classify it as a He/N-type nova:
V407 Cyg erupted in symbiotic environment and a fast nova.
These features are not exclusive. Could be a nova similar
to V407 Cyg?
TCP J17562787-1714548 (ATEL 15910)
> It is somewhat unusual for a nova to show shock-powered X-rays
> visible to Swift/XRT less than two days after eruption. This may
> suggest that the transient is a very fast nova and/or a nova
> embedded in the wind of an evolved donor star.
Possibly a nova that erupted in symbiotic environment.
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ATEL #15910 ATEL #15910
Title: Swift/XRT detection of the nova candidate TCP …
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Author: Kirill Sokolovsky (UIUC), Kim Page (U. Leicester), Elias Aydi,
Laura Chomiuk, Jay Strader (MSU), Jennifer Sokoloski (Columbia),
Justin
Linford (NRAO), Koji Mukai (NASA/GSFC)
Queries: kirx(a)kirx.net
Posted: 21 Feb 2023; 01:02 UT
Subjects:Ultra-Violet, X-ray, Nova, Transient
The candidate nova TCP J17562787-1714548 was discovered by
Y. Sakurai, H. Nishimura, and A. Pearce using DSLR camera images
with the first reported detection on 2022-02-18.834 UT at
an unfiltered magnitude of 11. Follow-up astrometry by multiple
observers reported via CBAT Transient Object Followup Reports page
suggests Gaia DR3 4144602552564272000 (G=18.1, Plx=0.20+/-0.18 mas)
as a possible progenitor that shows irregular variability
in archival ZTF and ATLAS photometry (T. Kato, vsnet-alert 27432).
Swift observed TCP J17562787-1714548 for 1.9ks on 2023-02-20.58.
Swift/XRT detected an X-ray source with a net count rate
of 0.043 +/-0.006 cts/s at the position of the transient.
Most of the counts are above 3 keV, consistent with
heavily absorbed (n_H > 10^23 cm^-2) thermal emission
with kT > 1 keV. The Galactic absorbing column density in
the direction of the source is n_H = 3.86x10^21 cm^-2
(Kalberla et al. 2005 A&A, 440, 775), suggesting the presence of
source-intrinsic absorption. The XRT detection cannot be attributed
to optical loading that should manifest itself as spurious
soft (rather than hard) emission. Swift/UVOT detected
a UVW1= 12.35 +/-0.02 (Vega system) ultraviolet source at
the position of the transient.
It is somewhat unusual for a nova to show shock-powered X-rays
visible to Swift/XRT less than two days after eruption. This may
suggest that the transient is a very fast nova and/or a nova
embedded in the wind of an evolved donor star.
We thank the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory team and PI,
Brad Cenko, for rapid execution this ToO observation.
<a href="https://ztf.snad.space/dr13/view/332207100098232">ZTF photometry
of the possible progenitor</a>
CBAT Transient Object Followup Reports page: http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unc
onf/followups/J17562787-1714548.html
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CSS J091017.4-200812: AM CVn-type superoutburst
Berto Monard has reported observations. Based on
a single-night run, superhumps with a period of
0.0205(1) d and amplitude of 0.07 mag were detected.