Discovery of a Bright Optical Transient from the Catalina Sky Survey

Details Discovery of a Bright Optical Transient from the Catalina Sky Survey Discovery of a Bright Optical Transient from the Catalina Sky Survey

Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008atel.1411....1d&link_type=abstract

The Astronomer's Telegram, #1411

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Optical, Request For Observations, Cataclysmic Variables, Novae, Transients

Scientific paper

We have detected a bright (V ~ 16 mag) optical transient in Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) images obtained at the Mt. Bigelow 0.7m Catalina Schmidt Telescope on 04 March 2008 UT.

CSS080304:090240+052500

2008-03-04 UT 05:34:11

RA 09:02:39.70

Dec 05:25:01.0

Mag 16.3

The transient is coincident within the astrometric uncertainties with a marginally detected SDSS source (ID = 587732578836087360), which has listed magnitudes: u = 23.76 +- 0.60 g = 23.17 +- 0.18 r = 23.10 +- 0.22 i = 23.00 +- 0.30 z = 22.19 +- 0.37 Thus, the source has brightened by about 7 magnitudes relative to the SDSS detection.

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