Catalina Surveys photometry of 1RXS J075330.1+044606
ATel #3928; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, R. Williams (Caltech); J. Prieto (Princeton); M. Catelan (PUC Chile); E. Christensen (Gemini Obs); E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson (LPL/UA)
on 15 Feb 2012; 20:53 UT
Credential Certification: Andrew J. Drake (ajd@cacr.caltech.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Variables
Following the discovery of the possible VY Scl-type variable 1RXS J075330.1+044606
by Sokolovsky et al. (2012, ATel#3927), we investigated the public photometry for
the source from the Catalina Surveys Data Release
(CSDR1, http://www.catalinadata.org/).
We found that this source was detected 181 times in observations taken between 2005 Mar 21 and
2011 Nov 30 UT. The source exhibits repeated large variations between mag 15 and ~20 in good
agreement with the interpretation of Sokolovsky et al. (2012).
The Catalina Surveys light curve of 1RXS J075330.1+044606 is given
here
and the individual images can be viewed at this link.
