Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

TCP J16294031-4022063

TCP J16294031-4022063   2023 07 12.0948*  16 29 40.31 -40 22 06.3  13.1 U             Sco       9 1

2023 07 12.0948

Discovered by E. Pimentel, C. Barreto, C. Colesanti, C. Jacques, J. Amancio, J. Ribeiro, L. Amaral,M. Domingues, P. Holvorcem, T. Napoleao on behalf of the Brazilian Transient Search - BraTS - at SONEAR 2 Observatory, Belo Horizonte, Brazil in three frames with 10 seconds exposure using an astrograph 280mm f/2.2 + CCD unfiltered, with magnitude 13.1 under limiting mag = 16.5. Nothing is visible at this location on the previous frames (limiting mag = 16.5) taken on 2023 Jul 08.0820 UT.

2023 07 12.6471

Position end figures 40.34s, 6.5" J2000, Gaia EDR3 positions. Photometry results were B=14.35, V=13.83, Rc=13.47 and Ic=13.00. All observations with 0.43-m f/6.8 CDK astrograph + FLI PL4710 CCD (T17, iTelescope.NET) @ SSO - C. Jacques, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

2023 07 12.9386

Position end figures 40s.33, 6".4 measured with 0.50m reflector + CCD at Skygems Observatory, Namibia. J2000, Gaia DR2 positions. Position may correspond with VHS J162940.32-402205.6 from the VISTA Hemisphere Survey (VHS) catalog DR5 (McMahon+, 2020) with end figures 40s.33, 5".6. Approximate unfiltered R magnitude 13.4 using APASS R mag comparison stars. Andrew Pearce, Nedlands, Western Australia.

2023 07 14.5421

Photometry results were B=14.77, V=14.72, Rc=14.59 and Ic=14.49 with 0.43-m f/6.8 CDK astrograph + FLI PL4710 CCD (T17, iTelescope.NET) @ SSO.https://meineko.com/ccd/TCP_J16294031-4022063.jpg -Seiichiro Kiyota (Kamagaya, Japan)