Dear friends, (Cc: Claudio,)
Claudio Balcon took a spectrum of ASASSN-22ax. He sent it to me and permitted me to post it to vsnet-alert. According to him, "The blue continuum with probable weak Balmer lines at z=0 suggests a CV".
I attached his files to this e-mail.
Clear Skies, Kenta
On 2022/01/21 14:47, Taichi Kato wrote:
ASASSN-22ax
Bright CV detected early.ASASSN-22ax --- ------- 2:53:21.49 -13:34:9.3 2022-01-20.18 13.44 SDSS DSS VIZIER ------- CV candidate, matches to PS1 g=20.5, g>17.2 on 2022-01-18.27, g=15.9 on 2022-01-19.22, g=13.6 on 2022-01-20.12
ASASSN-22ax 20220118.27 <172g ASN ASASSN-22ax 20220119.22 159g ASN ASASSN-22ax 20220120.12 136g ASN
025321.486 -133408.83 (2000.0) Gaia_DR2_5157734725783900032 plx=-(-) dismod=- pmra=-(-) pmdec=-(-) G=20.639 BP=20.719 RP=20.478 025321.486 -133408.83 (2000.0) Gaia_EDR3_5157734725783900032 plx=-0.681(1.731) dismod=- pmra=-10.028(1.037) pmdec=-18.710(1.362) G=20.572 BP=20.396 RP=20.680 025321.479 -133408.51 (2000.0) GALEX_DR5_2920234851152954444 NUV=20.984(0.066) FUV=21.024(0.092)