Spectroscopic Classifications of Optical Transients with SOAR
ATel #12746; M. R. Siebert, R. J. Foley (UCSC)
on 11 May 2019; 22:47 UT
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Credential Certification: Matthew Siebert (msiebert@ucsc.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Transient
We report the following classification of an optical transient from spectroscopic observations with the Goodman spectrograph on the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope. The target was supplied by ASASSN. The transient lies within the Continuous Viewing Zone of the ongoing TESS Cycle 1 observations. All observations were made on 2019 May 11 UT. Classifications were performed with SNID (Blondin & Tonry, 2007, ApJ, 666, 1024).
Name | IAU Name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | z | Type | Phase | Notes
ASASSN-19mg | AT2019exu | 07:44:01.658| -72:03:44.56 | --- | CV | ----- | (1)
(1) Blue continuum with H-alpha in emission, consistent with a CV outburst.
