MASTER-SAAO: fast blue OT
ATel #10457; T. Pogrosheva, V. Lipunov (Lomonosov MSU), D. Buckley (SAAO), V. Kornilov, E. Gorbovskoy, N. Tiurina, P. Balanutsa, A. Kuznetsov, O. Gress, D. Vlasenko, V. Chazov, V. Vladimirov, D. Kuvshinov (Lomonosov Moscow State University), A. Gabovich (BSPU)
on 3 Jun 2017; 15:37 UT
Credential Certification: Nataly Tyurina (tiurina@sai.msu.ru)
Subjects: Optical, Request for Observations, Transient, Variables
MASTER OT J151734.48-271017.6 discovery - fast blue optical transient, Ampl>4.2m
MASTER-SAAO auto-detection system ( Lipunov et al., "MASTER Global Robotic Net", Advances in Astronomy, 2010, 30L )
discovered OT source at (RA, Dec) = 15h 17m 34.48s -27d 10m 17.6s on 2017-06-01.79735 UT.
The OT unfiltered (W=0.2B+0.8R calibrated by thousands USNO-B1 fields stars) magnitudes are:
2017-06-01 19:08:11UT 17.8
2017-06-01 19:25:44UT 18.2
2017-06-01 19:40:03UT ~<18.4(=mlim)
2017-06-01 19:41:32UT ~19.0(=mlim)
Every exposition was 60s http://observ.pereplet.ru/images/MASTEROTJ151734.48-271017.6.gif
We have reference image on 2016-07-09.83249 UT with unfiltered mlim= 20.9m.
There is only blue GSC2.3 star in 1.5" with jmag=21.7 on 1976.390year, it means, this OT is not a red dwarf.
POSS 22m upper limit in history gives ampl>4.2m
Deep photometry observations is required.
The discovery and reference images are available at:
http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/151734.48-271017.6.png
List of Optical Transients discovered by MASTER
MASTER Global Robotic Net
