Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

TCP J06015731+3903527

TCP J06015731+3903527   2022 09 06.4175*  06 01 57.31 +39 03 52.7  12.7 C             Aur       0 0

2022 09 06.4175

Discovered by B.Kumar (Golden Ears Observatory Transient Survey - GEOTS) at Golden Ears Observatory, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada, in three 30-second unfiltered exposures using a 0.36-m f/2 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD, with magnitude 12.7 under limiting magnitude 18.0. Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on 2022 September 02.4418 UT (limiting mag 18.0).

2022 09 06.4175

Discovery and Reference images can be found here: https://www.wis-tns.org/system/files/uploaded/GEOTS/tns_2022tqu_atrep_157466_GEOTS.png

2022 09 07.40705

Follow-up: Still bright @ mag 12.9 at Sept 07.4070 2022 on 3 x unfiltered 30-s. images taken using a 0.36-m f/2 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD, under limiting magnitude 18.0. B.Kumar, Golden Ears Observatory

2022 09 09.4110

Follow-up: mag 13.3 at epoch: Sept 09.4110 2022, 10 x 60s. unfiltered images taken using a 250mm RC telescope and CCD with limiting magnitude of 17.5. Follow-up image can be found here. https://goldenearsobservatory.com/?p=1007 B.Kumar, Golden Ears Observatory.

2022 09 10.7733

H. Naito (Nayoro Observatory), T. Sekiguchi (Hokkaido Kyoiku University), and S. Takagi (Hokkaido University) report that this transient was detected as a source at the magnitude of Rc = 13.92 +/- 0.12 (reference stars from UCAU5, Rmag) on an image taken on Sep. 10.773 UT with the 1.6-m Pirka telescope (+ MSI) at Nayoro Observatory. The position end figures are also given as 57s.32 and 52".7.

2022 09 10.7733

Correction: The affiliation for T. Sekiguchi reported above is not Hokkaido Kyoiku University but "Hokkaido University of Education".