Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

TCP J14250600-5845360

TCP J14250600-5845360   2012 04 04.765 *  14 25 06.00 -58 45 36.0  10.8 U             Cen       6 1

2012 04 05.469

Discovered by John Seach, Chatsworth Island, NSW Australia. DSLR with 50 mm f/1.0 lens. Object close to magnitude 15.0 star USNO-A2.0 0300-21196423.

2012 04 05.538

Follow-up observation by John Seach. April 05.538 UT 2012. Magnitude 9.8

2012 04 05.5438

Object at given position, mag 9.9 U. Object appears reddened - unfiltered DSLR at 200mm. Observer R Kaufman, Bright, Vic, Australia.

2012 04 05.747

Object continues to brighten. April 05.747 UT magnitude 9.3. 50 mm f/1.0 lens. Observer John Seach.

2012 04 09.5048

Following the posting on the Central Bureau's Transient Object Confirmation Page about a possible Nova in Cen (TOCP Designation: J14250600-5845360) we performed some follow-up of this object remotely through the 2.0-m f/10.0 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD of "Faulkes Telescope South" (MPC Code - E10). On our images taken on April 09.5, 2012 we can confirm the presence of an optical counterpart with unfiltered CCD magnitude 8.7 at coordinates: R.A. = 14 25 04.45, Decl.= -58 45 34.3 (equinox 2000.0; UCAC-2 catalogue reference stars. According to VIZIER there is a 15.319 J-magnitude star at 2.6 arcseconds from the transient position (NOMAD1 0312-0489482). An animation showing a comparison between our confirmation image and the archive POSS2/UKSTU plate (R Filter - 1997): http://bit.ly/IaoLSN - Our confirmation image: http://bit.ly/IfWuH5 by Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero & Nick Howes