Possible LMC Nova ASASSN-15fd: A Rebrightening Event
ATel #7341; K. Z. Stanek, A. B. Danilet, T. W.-S. Holoien, C. S. Kochanek, G. Simonian, U. Basu, N. Goss, J. F. Beacom, T. A. Thompson (Ohio State), B. J. Shappee (Hubble Fellow, Carnegie Observatories), J. L. Prieto (Diego Portales; MAS), D. Bersier (LJMU), J. Brimacombe (Coral Towers Observatory), Subo Dong (KIAA-PKU), E. Falco (CfA), P. R. Wozniak (LANL), D. Szczygiel, G. Pojmanski (Warsaw University Observatory)
on 3 Apr 2015; 14:22 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Novae
Credential Certification: Krzysztof Stanek (stanek.32@osu.edu)
ASASSN-15fd, announced in ATel #7260 (Danilet et al. 2015) and
proposed to be a possible LMC nova in ATel #7313 (Stanek et al. 2015),
continued to show an unusual photometric evolution, see this
figure for the last 60 days of ASAS-SN data, see also the table
below:
Object RA (J2000) DEC (J2000) UT Date V mag
ASASSN-15fd 05:56:41.11 -75:09:38.00 2015-03-15.12 14.2
2015-03-17.99 13.1
2015-03-21.99 11.5
2015-03-27.11 12.2
2015-03-29.09 12.5
2015-03-30.08 12.6
2015-03-31.04 12.6
2015-04-01.03 12.5
2015-04-01.08 12.4
2015-04-02.07 12.3
2015-04-03.06 12.7
Spectroscopic follow-up is particularly encouraged.
We thank LCOGT and its staff for their continued support of
ASAS-SN. ASAS-SN is supported in part by Mt. Cuba Astronomical
Foundation. For more information about the ASAS-SN project, see the ASAS-SN
Homepage and the list of all ASAS-SN
transients.