Gaia20dwo (Gmag. 15.8): another highly reddened Galactic nova? (in Scutum)

Affiliation
Association Francaise des Observateurs d'Etoiles Variables (AFOEV)
Fri, 08/21/2020 - 15:39

http://gsaweb.ast.cam.ac.uk/alerts/alert/Gaia20dwo/

Complete ASAS-SN Sky Patrol (Shappee et al. 2014ApJ...788...48S and Kochanek et al. 2017PASP..129j4502K) light curve and data: https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/bf6a3dda-8ce5-40d8-8866-c34c123863…

Spectroscopy and multiband photometry are encouraged.

Clear skies,
Patrick

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sequence For Gaia20dwo

Gaoa20dwo now has a sequence, however, until it appears in the VSX you can only see the sequence by using the coordiinates: 18 26 21.62 -14 40 53.98 when creating a chart using the VSP.

Good Observing & Ad Astra,

Tim Crawford, Sequence Team

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Dimming

Seems to be dimming

16.674, 0.091 CV - 2020-09-02 21:56:06

17.376, 0.132 CV - 2020-09-03 21:34:42

not detected - 2020-09-04 22:40:28

Juan Pablo, DJUA

edit: forgot to add "CV"