"MASTER: very bright OT in Large Magellanic Cloud direction
MASTER OT J051032.58-692130.4 discovery - 12m OT in LMC"
ATel #9039: http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=9039
The discovery and reference images are available at
http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/051032.58-692130.4.png
R.A. 05h10m32.58s Decl. -69°21'30.4" (J2000.0)
A possible progenitor (21 mag) is listed in "The Initial Gaia Source List (IGSL)" (Smart, 2013) and the "Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey: the LMC" (Zaritsky+, 2004):
- IGSL3 (05 10 32.580 -69 21 30.60): BJ= 21.288, RF= 20.810, G= 20.931 mag
- MCPS (05 10 32.56 -69 21 30.9): B= 21.490, V= 20.828, I= 20.547 mag
This possible nova is located 2' from SAO 249214 (V= 8.7 mag) and 9' from Nova LMC 2005.
Spectroscopy is urgently required.
Clear skies,
Patrick
13.0 vis, 9:00 13/05 UT using chart for N LMC 05
I'll enter it later...
Best.
Good Day All,
This optical transient (N?) was observed on May 13.4 UT at Vmag 13.24 (0.04), comps BLX 874 and 876.
The relative colors around that time were:
U-B = -0.59 (ie: UV-bright)
B-V = +0.05
V-Rc = +1.25
The star apparently isn't in VSX yet. As soon as we have an AUID, I'll put the data in.
kind regards,
Steve.
Spectroscopically confirmed as a nova by Terry Bohlsen.
I have added it to VSX.
I have had some e-mail problems, sorry for the delay.
Cheers,
Sebastian
Here is the spectra.
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss109/TCB168/_novalmc2016_20160514_3…
After some pointing problems I managed to get a RVB series. In addition I found a series of the Large Magellanic Cloud from 2015 where it is not visible. I'll figure out how to measure them properly any time now.
Michael