ASAS-SN Discovery of an Outburst from Active Galaxy, and Likely Blazar, PKS 1716-771
ATel #6251; B. J. Shappee, K. Z. Stanek, C. S. Kochanek, A. B. Davis, T. W.-S. Holoien, J. Jencson, U. Basu, J. F. Beacom (Ohio State), J. L. Prieto (Princeton), J. Brimacombe (Coral Towers Observatory), D. Bersier (LJMU), D. Szczygiel, G. Pojmanski (Warsaw University Observatory)
on 20 Jun 2014; 17:58 UT
Credential Certification: Benjamin Shappee (shappee@astronomy.ohio-state.edu)
Subjects: Optical, AGN, Blazar
During the ongoing All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN or "Assassin"), using data from the recently commissioned double 14-cm "Cassius" telescope in
Cerro Tololo, Chile, we discovered a new transient source, most likely associated with the known active galaxy PKS 1716-771
Object RA (J2000) DEC (J2000) Disc. UT Date Disc. V mag
ASASSN-14ct 17:23:51.3 -77:13:49.9 2014-06-19.17 16.1
The ASASSN-14ct outburst was discovered in images obtained 2014-06-19.17 UT at V~16.0 mag. We also detect the object in images obtained on 2014-06-18.08 (V~16.7 mag) and 2014-06-20.17 (V~16.0 mag). We do not detect this object in images obtained on 2014-06-13.15 (V>16.0 mag) and 2014-06-09.15 (V>16.8 mag).
PKS 1716-771 has a USNO B2 magnitude of 19.71. PKS 1716-771 is associated with object J1725.1-7714 in the Second Fermi Gamma-ray LAT Catalog. Finally, J1725.1-7714 was noted to show variability in WISE and was classified as an active galaxy with undetermined type (Massaro et al. 2013). Follow-up observations are encouraged.
We thank LCOGT and its staff for their continued support of ASAS-SN. For
more information about the ASAS-SN project, see the ASAS-SN
Homepage and the list of all ASAS-SN
transients.
