Spectroscopic observation of the transient ZTF19acbzgog/AT2019rsi in M31
ATel #13210; Monika Soraisam (NCSA/UIUC), Chien-Hsiu Lee (NSF OIR Lab), Gautham Narayan (UIUC), Thomas Matheson (NSF OIR Lab), Abhijit Saha (NSF OIR Lab), Arizona-NOAO Temporal Analysis and Response to Events System (ANTARES) team
on 21 Oct 2019; 16:36 UT
Credential Certification: Monika Soraisam (soraisam@noao.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the spectroscopic observation of the transient ZTF19acbzgog/AT2019rsi in M31. It was flagged by a filter on the ANTARES alert-broker (https://antares.noao.edu/) customized to find transients in M31 from the ZTF public alert stream.
Name | Alternative name | RA (J2000) | Dec (J2000) | First detection: MJD, mag
ZTF19acbzgog | AT2019rsi | 00:42:23.53 | 41:11:52.47 | 58761.342859, R~18.8+/-0.08
We obtained Gemini GMOS spectrum (4x450sec exposures) of this nova on 18 Oct 2019 UT through the ToO program GN-2019B-Q-221 (PI: Lee, C.-H.). The spectrum clearly shows strong H-alpha and OI emission lines, suggesting that it is likely a nova outburst.
Its light curve can be accessed at https://antares.noao.edu/alerts/locus/5852970.
