CSS120113:040822+141516 = MASTER040821.91+141515.0 is a CV
ATel #3872; A. A. Mahabal, A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, R. Williams, M. J. Graham, C. Donalek (Caltech); R. Anderson, L. Eyer (Geneva Observatory); E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson (LPL/UA); J. Prieto (OCIW); M. Catelan (PUC); E. Christensen (Gemini Observatory)
on 21 Jan 2012; 22:08 UT
Credential Certification: Ashish Mahabal (aam@astro.caltech.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 3879
MASTER040821.91+141515.0 reported in http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=3870 on 2012-01-20 was discovered by CRTS on 2012-01-13 and announced on the CRTS and Skyalert (http://skyalert.org) pages. The past lightcurve and SDSS colors of the matching source did suggest it to be unusual. We obtained photometry with the Palomar 1.5m on 2012-01-15 (http://avyakta.caltech.edu:8080/cgi-bin/p60_transient_indiv.cgi?T201131150224104750) and the Euler 1.2m on 2012-01-16. A spectrum obtained using the Double Beam Spectrograph on the Palomar 5m on 2012-01-18 exhibits blue continuum, broad absorption and H-alpha emission identifying it as a CV.
More information and a finding chart can be found at http://voeventnet.caltech.edu/feeds/ATEL/CRTS/1201131150224104750.atel.html
