[vsnet-alert 16457] MASTER OT J015016.17+375620.5 unusual behavior

Denis Denisenko d.v.denisenko at gmail.com
Thu Sep 26 04:02:03 JST 2013


After the Sep. 16 outburst reported in [vsnet-alert 16406] this X-ray
selected CV in Andromeda was observed with the Bradford Robotic
Telescope almost every night showing interesting behavior. The object
has quickly faded, however not to the minimum level (~19m), but only
by ~1.5m. On the last night it started rising again, brightening by
0.6m since Sep. 24.

MASTER OT J015016.17+375620.5 = 1RXS J015017.0+375614
  20130916.140  14.98C  BRT
  20130918.142  15.64C  BRT
  20130922.128  16.28C  BRT
  20130923.134  16.29C  BRT
  20130924.151  16.23C  BRT
  20130925.117  15.62C  BRT

The object's nature is still unclear. It may be a dwarf nova of ER UMa
type, or a very active polar. Hopefully, measuring the orbital period
can shed some light on it. Time series are very desirable!

Color-combined DSS finder chart is uploaded to
http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/J015016+375620-BRIR.jpg (10'x10'
FOV).

Denis Denisenko


More information about the vsnet-alert mailing list