Affiliation
Association Francaise des Observateurs d'Etoiles Variables (AFOEV)
Tue, 10/29/2019 - 12:22
ASASSN-19aad (= AT 2019tpb, TCP J18395972-1025415)
Discovery details:
R.A. 18h39m59.70s, Decl. -10°25'41.5" (J2000.0, K. Itagaki's follow-up observation)
2019 October 29.0578 UT, gmag. 11.56 (ASAS-SN)
Discoverer: All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN)
Links:
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2019tpb
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J18395972-1025415.html
https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/f4d4863d-ca2a-4238-9adb-04bdd551ba…
http://k-itagaki.jp/images/PN-sct.jpg
Looks like a (reddened) nova that erupted on 2019 October 28.
Spectroscopy and multiband-photometry (also precise astrometry) are urgently required.
Clear skies,
Patrick
ASASSN-19aad (N)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1499545
Spectroscopic Classification of AT 2019tpb/ASASSN-19aad as a Galactic Nova (ATel #13241): http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=13241
Regards,
Patrick
V659 Scuti = ASASSN-19aad (N)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=1499545
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, Electronic Telegram No. 4690 (behind paywall): http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/004600/CBET004690.txt
Regards,
Patrick
AAVSO Alert Notice 683 reports on V659 Sct = N Sct 2019 (= ASASSN-19aad, TCP J18395972-102541). Please see the notice for discovery details, recent observations, and observing instructions. Note that the sequence for V659 Sct has been extended in both directions since its initial release.
Many thanks, and Good observing,
Elizabeth O. Waagen, AAVSO HQ