Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

TCP J00151926+4344360

TCP J00151926+4344360   2024 02 06.3897*  00 15 19.26 +43 44 36.0  12.1 U             And       2 1

2024 02 06.3897

Discovered by Seiji Ueda, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, (mag.=12.1) on three frames using Canon EOS 6D digital camera + 200-mm F/3.2 lens. On 2024 Feb. 06.3954 UT, mag=13.6 using 0.25-m F/6.4 Schmidt Cassegrain reflector + Nikon D5000 digital camera. Nothing is visible at this location on the frames taken on 2024 Feb. 05.3895 UT (limiting mag.= 13.4). --- Seiichiro Naito and Isao Endoh (NAOJ)

2024 02 07.3681

follow-up : mag is, B=16.8, V=15.8, Rc=14.8, RA=00h15m19.25s, DEC=+43o44'35.50" with 0.36m FLI 1001E 30 sec, Very Red Star Is it a flare? Nayoro Hokkaido, Japan obs by, Yasuo Sano

2024 02 06.3897

The red dwarf LP 192-46, with a Gaia DR3 parallax of 23.30 +/-0.02 mas, is located near the reported position, suggesting that the transient might be a UV Ceti type flare. ---- Kirill Sokolovsky