Affiliation
Nucleo de Estudo e Observacao Astronomica - Jose Brazilicio de Souza (Florianopolis, Brazil) (NEOA-JBS)
Thu, 05/18/2017 - 02:30
Dear friends,
Follows information from The Astronomer's Telegram #10387
During the ongoing All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN or "Assassin"), using data from the quadruple 14-cm "Cassius" telescope in CTIO, Chile, we detect a very bright, new transient source, most likely a classical nova, near the Galactic plane
Object RA (J2000) DEC (J2000) Disc. UT Date Disc. V mag
ASASSN-17gk 13:20:55.32 -63:42:18.5 2017-05-17.28 10.9
More information:
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=10387
A Gaia DR1 source (G= 18.767 mag) is located at RA 13:20:55.334, DEC -63:42:19.16 (J2000.0), 0.7" from the reported position of the transient.
Patrick Schmeer (SPK)
ASASSN-17gk in AAVSO Alert Notice 578
AAVSO Alert Notice 578 announces and summarizes information on ASASSN-17gk, a galactic nova in Centaurus. Please see the Alert Notice for details and observing instructions.
Many thanks, and good observing,
Elizabeth Waagen, AAVSO HQ