[vsnet-alert 21321] Re: TCP J00332502-3518565: new transient (12.8 mag) in Sculptor

[Denis Denisenko]

TCP J00332502-3518565
  20170805.7854  13.3C   S. Fujikawa (Minolta f/3.5 F=120mm)
  20170805.8074  12.8C   S. Fujikawa (Pentax f/4.0 F=400mm)

http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J00332502-3518565.html

Patrick Schmeer has noted UV source GALEX J003325.1-351855 (FUV=20.46,
NUV=20.29) is located within 0.4" of the new transient.

Checking ASAS-3 photometry shows the past outburst in November 2003:

ASAS 003325-3519.0
  20031107.139  <13.4V   ASAS-3 (G. Pojmanski, 2002, Acta Astronomica)
  20031111.150   12.76V  ASAS-3
  20031111.153   12.73V  ASAS-3
  20031113.152   13.04V  ASAS-3
  20031115.145   13.31V  ASAS-3
  20031117.144  <13.4V   ASAS-3

Color-combined DSS finder chart (10'x10' FOV):
http://scan.sai.msu.ru/~denis/J003325-351856-JRIR.jpg

"Green peas" on the image are background galaxies that may have
affected quiescent magnitudes and proper motions in USNO and PPMXL
catalogs.

Denis Denisenko