AT 2020aaxi
RA/DEC (2000)
05:55:20.970 +14:10:10.10
88.837375 +14.169472
Type
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Redshift
Discovery Report
Reporting Group
AHTS
Discovering Data Source
AHTS
Discovery Date
2020-11-25 08:39:24.000
TNS AT
Y
Public
Y
Discovery Mag
14.9
Filter
Clear-
Reporter/s
M. Forslund, B. Forslund
NEDSIMBADDECaLSPanSTARRS-1SkyMapperVizieRWISEDSSADS
Spectra
No Data
Light Curves
FilterTel / InstObs-date rangePhotometry
Clear-Other_Other2020-11-16 09:46:46 - 2020-11-25 08:39:242
Photometry
IDObs-dateMag. / FluxErrLim. Mag./FluxUnitsFilterTel / InstExp-timeObserver/sRemarks
1744162020-11-25 08:39:2414.90.218.6OtherClear-Other_Other30M. Forslund3 frames taken with a 0.36-m f/2.2 astrograph + CCD; zero points calibrated to UCAC-4 magnitudes.
1744152020-11-16 09:46:4618.3OtherClear-Other_Other30M. Forslund[Last non detection] 3 frames taken with a 0.36-m f/2.2 astrograph + CCD; zero points calibrated to UCAC-4 magnitudes.
AT Reports
IDTime received (UT)SenderReporter/sReportting groupDisc. Data SourceRADECDiscovery date (UT)Discovery Mag.FilterRelated filesAT TypeInternal nameAssoc. GroupsEnd prop. periodRemarks
907162020-11-25 17:08:10AHTSM. Forslund, B. ForslundAHTSAHTS05:55:20.970+14:10:10.102020-11-25 08:39:24.00014.9Clear-1PSNAHTS-2020-003AHTSHostless transient at galactic latitude -5.6 deg, galactic longitude 193.9; possible CV.
Related files
FileFile TypeCommentsLast Modified (UT)Modified By
tns_2020aaxi_atrep_90716_AHTS.pngGraphicsDiscovery and reference images2020-11-25 17:08:11AHTS
Classification Reports
No Data

Comments

Mr. Patrick Schmeer (AAVSO)

Wed, 11/25/2020 - 19:45

The progenitor is PSO J055520.947+141010.372 at position end figures 20.95s in RA and 10.3" in DE (equinox J2000.0; gmag. 22.0, rmag. 21.5, imag. 21.1, zmag. 21.5); another designation is GSC2.3 N9K6001460 (Bjmag. 21.6). A previous outburst is recorded in 'The First U.S. Naval Observatory Robotic Astrometric Telescope Catalog' (URAT1 521-057444): mag. 15.7 on 2014 February 18. The current outburst has also been recorded by the ASAS-SN Sky Patrol (Shappee et al. 2014ApJ...788...48S and Kochanek et al. 2017PASP..129j4502K): 2020 November 23.328 UT, fainter than gmag. 17.0; 25.402, gmag. 14.94. Previous outbursts had been observed on 2018 March 29 (Vmag. 14.9) and September 15 (gmag. 15.9); complete light curve and data at https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/04a8f61e-a85d-4562-9a5a-d5ef491b039d