MASTER: PSN in IC4754 galaxy

ATel #8862; P. Balanutsa, V. Lipunov (Lomonosov MSU), D. Buckley(SAAO), E. Gorbovskoy, A. Kuznetsov, N. Tiurina, V. Kornilov, O. Gress, D. Vlasenko, I. Gorbunov, D. Kuvshinov, E. Popova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, SAI), S. Potter, A. Kniazev (South African Astonomical Observatory)
on 24 Mar 2016; 12:26 UT
Credential Certification: Nataly Tyurina (tiurina@sai.msu.ru)

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MASTER OT J184401.22-615906.5 discovery - possible SN at the rising part of LC in bright IC4754 galaxy

MASTER-SAAO auto-detection system ( Lipunov et al., "MASTER Global Robotic Net", Advances in Astronomy, 2010, 349171 ) discovered OT source at (RA, Dec) = 18h 44m 01.22s -61d 59m 06.5s on 2016-03-23.01557 UT.

The OT unfiltered magnitude is 17.4m (limit 18.6m).

The OT is seen in 5 images. There is no minor planet at this place.

We have reference image without OT on 2015-08-08.89936 UT with unfiltered magnitude limit 20.2m.

This PSN is in 6.8"0E and 18.2"N from the IC4754 galaxy.
Spectral observations are required.

The discovery and reference images are available at http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/184401.22-615906.5.png

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