Swift observation of the nova candidate in Norma PNV J16143400-5330050
ATel #12121; Kirill V. Sokolovsky (Michigan State University)
on 18 Oct 2018; 00:45 UT
Credential Certification: Kirill Sokolovsky (kirx@scan.sai.msu.ru)
Subjects: Ultra-Violet, X-ray, Nova
The Galactic nova candidate PNV J16143400-5330050 was discovered by
R. Kaufman on 2018-10-13.414 UT. Confirmation images and
a low-resolution spectrum were obtained by S. Kiyota.
Swift observed PNVJ16143400-5330050 for 1ks on 2018-10-17.318.
The XRT detected no X-ray source at the position of the transient
with an upper limit of 0.004 +/-0.002 cts/s. Assuming power law
emission with the photon index of 2 and HI column density
of 8.14x10^21 cm^-2 this translates to the unabsorbed 0.3-10 keV
flux limit of 4x10^-13 ergs/cm^2/s. An ultraviolet source with
U=13.31+/-0.02 (Vega system) is visible on the Swift/UVOT image at
16:14:32.91 -53:30:14.8 +/-0.2" J2000. The position is measured
relative to UCAC3 stars in the field.
I thank the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory team and PI, Brad Cenko,
for rapid scheduling of this ToO observation.
CBAT Transient Object Followup Reports for PNV J16143400-5330050
