Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

TCP J04284493-1230159

TCP J04284493-1230159   2012 11 23.32  *  04 28 44.93 -12 30 15.9  19.0 U    3W  19N  G-2-12-24  D 0

2012 11 25.283

This transient in MCG-2-12-24 was detected with 8 x 10 min images using a red filter Astrometry: RA 04 28 44.77 Dec -12 30 16.3 Photometry: 18.85 +/- 0.10 R These data were collected remotely by Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia. Link to image and further information http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8225404940/

2012 12 02.99380

This object was observed by Federica Luppi and Luca Buzzi from Schiaparelli Observatory, Varese, Italy. In a stack of images totalling 10 minutes of unfiltered exposure time, the object has position end figures 44s.88, 16".3 and magnitude 19.4. Image posted at URL:http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_G-2-12-24.jpg

2012 12 07.474

This object was observed by P. Miller, P. Roche, A. Tripp, R. Miles, R. Holmes, S. Foglia and L. Buzzi with the 2.0-m f/10 Faulkes Telescope North from Haleakala, HI, USA. In a single 180-sec image with R-Bessel filter under good seeing, the object has position end figures 44s.87, 16".9 and magnitude 18.5 in a 1.5" aperture radius with CMC-14 catalogue. Image posted at URL: http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/TCP_G-2-12-24_FTN.jpg