[vsnet-alert 15047] Re: AAVSO Special Notice #300: Possible bright transient in the Hyades field

Astronomicalcentre info at astronomicalcentre.org
Wed Oct 24 09:58:36 JST 2012


I observed the field to 04:56 UT with telescope 14" and ccd camera from 
astronomical centre Montecatini val di cecina Pisa Italy.
No object in the coordinates of tranient's position.
Fabio Martinelli

www.astronomicalcentre.org



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ulisse Munari" <ulisse.munari at oapd.inaf.it>
To: "Patrick Schmeer" <pasc1312-aavso at yahoo.de>
Cc: <baavss-alert at yahoogroups.com>; 
<vsnet-alert at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>; 
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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 11:02 PM
Subject: [vsnet-alert 15044] Re: AAVSO Special Notice #300: Possible bright 
transient in the Hyades field


> there is nothing within 10 arcmin of the given position which
> is not already present on the Palomar prints.
> Ulisse Munari
>
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2012, Patrick Schmeer wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> 


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