[vsnet-alert 15043] Re: AAVSO Special Notice #300: Possible bright transient in the Hyades field

[Patrick Schmeer]

I observed the field at 19:28 UTC with my
20x80 binoculars: no object brighter than
magnitude 6.0 visible at the transient's
position. I'll check later again.

Patrick Schmeer (Saarbrücken-Bischmisheim, Germany)


--- aavso at aavso.org <aavso at aavso.org> wrote:

> AAVSO Special Notice #300
> 
> Possible bright transient in the Hyades field
> October 23, 2012
> 
> Ian Shelton (Mount Allison University & U. Toronto)
> wrote in Astronomer's Telegram #4513 that a possible
> 6th magnitude transient with very red color was
> detected in a DSLR image of the the field of the
> Hyades on 2012 October 22.4361 (JD 2456222.9361). 
> Coordinates given for the transient are the following
> (J2000): RA: 04 23 29 , Dec: +17 58 29
> ...
> This AAVSO Special Notice was prepared by M. Templeton.