2008IAUC.8946....1M


Query : 2008IAUC.8946....1M

2008IAUC.8946....1M - IAU Circ., 8946, 1 (2008/May-0)

Luminous transient in NGC 300.

MONARD L.A.G.

Abstract (from CDS):

L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of a variable object (mag 14.2) on unfiltered CCD images taken on May 14.14 UT, the object located at R.A. = 0h54m34s.16, Decl. = -37o38'28".6, which is 227" west and 153" north of the core of the Sculptor-group galaxy NGC 300. Nothing is visible at this position on a red Digitized Sky Survey image (limiting mag about 20.5). Additional approximate magnitudes for the variable from Monard's earlier images: 2007 Dec. 30.8, [18.5; 2008 Feb. 8.75, [18.0; Apr. 17.1, [15.5; 24.16, 16.5; May 15.14, 14.2.

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Journal keyword(s):

Simbad objects: 2

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Number of rows : 2
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024
#notes
1 NAME NGC 300 OT2008-1 ev 00 54 34.16 -37 38 28.6           ~ 123 1
2 NGC 300 GiG 00 54 53.4465638304 -37 41 03.168402396 8.83 8.69 8.13 7.46   ~ 1502 2

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