A possible WISE counterpart of the New Optical Transient SSS130101:122222-311525
ATel #4708; K. L. Li and A. K.H. Kong (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
on 6 Jan 2013; 09:57 UT
Credential Certification: Albert Kong (akong@phys.nthu.edu.tw)
Subjects: Infra-Red, Cataclysmic Variable, Transient, Variables
Referred to by ATel #: 4785
Following the CRTS detection of a new optical transient near the Galactic plane (b~30 deg), SSS130101:122222 (ATel #4699), we searched in the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE; Wright et al. 2010 AJ, 140, 1868) catalog and found a possible WISE pre-burst counterpart, WISE J122221.66-311524.6, with an offset of 0.5 arcsec. The coordinate of the WISE source is:
R.A.(J2000) = 12h22m21.67s (185.5902755 deg)
Dec.(J2000) = -31d15m24.6s (-31.2568388 deg)
WISE J122221.66-311524.6 was only detected in the w1 and w2 band images taken in January and July 2010. The magnitudes (or 95% confidence brightness upper limits) are:
w1(3.4 micron) = 16.400 +/- 0.082
w2(4.6 micron) = 15.835 +/- 0.166
w3(12 micron) > 12.876
w4(22 micron) > 8.704
We also searched in the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) catalog but No 2MASS counterpart was identified.
Multi-wavelength follow-up observations are encouraged.
This work makes use of data products from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
