Bright PSN in PGC02757 detected by MASTER
ATel #4799; V. Shumkov, D. Denisenko, P. Balanutsa, V. Lipunov, E. Gorbovskoy, N. Tiurina, V. Kornilov, A. Belinski, N. Shatskiy, V. Chazov, A. Kuznetsov, D. Zimnukhov (Moscow State University, SAI), V. Krushinsky, I. Zalozhnih, A. Popov, A. Bourdanov, A. Punanova (Ural Federal University), K. Ivanov, S. Yazev, N. Budnev, E. Konstantinov, O. Chuvalaev, V. Poleshchuk, O. Gress, A. Frolova, (Irkutsk State University), A. Parkhomenko, A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov, V. Senik (Kislovodsk solar station of the Pulkovo observatory RAS), V. Yurkov, Y. Sergienko, D. Varda, E. Sinyakov (Blagoveshchensk Educational University), S. Shurpakov, V. Yecheistov, P. Podvorotny (MASTER team members), H. Levato, C. Saffe (ICATE), C. Mallamaci, C. Lopez and F. Podest (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar; OAFA)
on 8 Feb 2013; 15:41 UT
Credential Certification: Vladimir Lipunov (lipunov2007@gmail.com)
Subjects: Optical, Supernovae, Transient
MASTER OT J093953.18+165516.4 - PSN in PGCPGC027573 galaxy
MASTER-Kislovodsk auto-detection system discovered OT source at (RA, Dec) = 09h 39m 53.18s +16d 55m 16.4s on 2013-02-07.949 UT.
The OT unfiltered magnitude is 16.3m (limit 19.5m).
The OT is seen in 2 images. There is no minor planet at this place.
The object was confirmed on MASTER-Amur unfiltered images on
2013-02-08.551 UT (m_lim=18.5). It was also found on the single MASTER-Amur images
of 2013-02-07.646 UT and 2013-02-01.651 UT. The object was not present
on MASTER-Amur images of 2013-01-14.644 UT and 2013-01-06.840 UT to
the limiting magnitude 18.0.
The PSN offset from the PGCPGC027573 galaxy is 14.4E and 11.6N arcsecs.
The discovery image are available at:
MASTER-Amur confirmation, prediscovery and reference images are available at: http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/093953.16165515.9.jpg
Spectral observations are required. http://observ.pereplet.ru/images/093953.18+165516.4.jpg
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