[vsnet-alert 19816] MASTER OT J051032.58-692130.4: Possible Nova (12.0 mag) in the LMC

Patrick Schmeer pasc1312-aavso at yahoo.de
Wed May 11 20:49:23 JST 2016


"MASTER: very bright OT in Large Magellanic Cloud direction
MASTER OT J051032.58-692130.4 discovery - 12m OT in LMC"

ATel #9039: http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=9039

R.A. 05h10m32.58s  Decl. -69°21'30.4"  (J2000.0)

A possible progenitor (21 mag) is listed in "The Initial Gaia
Source List (IGSL)" (Smart, 2013) and the "Magellanic Clouds
Photometric Survey: the LMC" (Zaritsky+, 2004):
- IGSL3 (05 10 32.580 -69 21 30.60)
BJ= 21.288, RF= 20.810, G= 20.931 mag
- MCPS (05 10 32.56 -69 21 30.9)
B= 21.490, V= 20.828, I= 20.547 mag

This possible nova is located 2' from SAO 249214 (V= 8.6 mag)
and 9' from Nova LMC 2005.

Spectroscopy is urgently required.
 
Clear skies,
Patrick



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