------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2919 2013 Jun 02 10.37UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- PNV J19150199+0719471 (=ERUPTIVE OBJECT IN AQUILA) K. Itagaki, Yamagata, Japan reports the detection of an eruptive object in Aquila on a survey image of 2013 May 31.597UT using a 0.21-m reflector and CCD. The object, of unfiltered magnitude 10.8 is located at: RA 19h 15m 01.99s +07 19' 47.1" (2000) Itagaki comments it was below magnitude 15.5 on his survey picture of May 21.608UT. An image can be seen at: http://www.k-itagaki.jp/images/pnv-aql.jpg Tadaski Kojima, Gunma-ken, Japan reports a pre-discovery image of 2013 May 30.721UT when the magnitude was 9.8. The image was taken with a Canon Digital camera with a 85mm f/2.8 lens giving a limiting magnitude of 13. Martin Mobberley reported a confirmation image was obtained on 2013 June 1.332UT using itel, New Mexico 0.43-m f/6.8 CDK + PL6303E with an exposure of 60 seconds. A location chart and sequence is available via the AAVSO home page quoting the PNV temporary designation. Brian Skiff comments on VSNET: I notice that the star appears to be a blue object with modest proper motion that has been previously reported as an IPHAS H-alpha emission candidate (from colours, not a spectrum). The motion is easy to see by blinking the POSS-I and -II blue plate-scans. The USNO-B1.0 motion, -94,-88 mas/year is about right, though there is an unlinked detection. PPMXL gives similar values, since it derives largely from USNO-B1.0 anyways. The large motion seems to argue for some sort of dwarf nova outburst rather than a more classical galactic nova eruption. Notice that the star is quite blue, and more-or-less disappears in the near-IR --- no 2MASS or WISE detection. The IPHAS entry is: IPHAS J191502.09+071947.6, shown with Sloan r mag 18.5. Guy M Hurst