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MASTER: BZQJ0515-4556 optical outburst

ATel #11633; T. Pogrosheva, V. Lipunov (Lomonosov MSU), R. Podesta (OAFA), H. Levato (ICATE), V. Kornilov, E. Gorbovskoy, N. Tiurina, P. Balanutsa, A. Kuznetsov, V. Chazov, I. Gorbunov, D. Vlasenko, V. Vladimirov, O. Gress, D. Zimnukhov, D. Kuvshinov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, SAI), C. Lopez, F. Podesta (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar San Juan University), C. Saffe (Instituto de Ciencias Astronomicas, de la Tierra y del Espacio), A. Gabovich (BSPU)
on 11 May 2018; 06:49 UT
Credential Certification: Nataly Tyurina (tiurina@sai.msu.ru)

Subjects: Optical, Request for Observations, AGN, Blazar, Quasar, Transient, Variables

MASTER OT J051545.25-455643.5 detection - BZQJ0515-4556 activity with ampl>3.5m

MASTER-OAFA auto-detection system ( Lipunov et al., "MASTER Global Robotic Net",Advances in Astronomy, 2010, 30L )
discovered OT source at (RA, Dec) = 05h 15m 45.25s -45d 56m 43.5s on 2018-05-11.00411 UT during inspection.
The OT unfiltered magnitude is 14.0m (mlim=18.5m).
The OT is seen in 7 images. There is no minor planet at this place.
We have reference image with m_OT=17.5 and 20.1 unfilt.magnitude limit on 2017-03-16.02846 UT.
The discovery and reference images are available at:
http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/051545.25-455643.5.png

List of Optical Transients discovered by MASTER

MASTER Global Robotic Net