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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3060      2015 Feb 12 10.51UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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BRIGHT TRANSIENT IN SCO (PNV J17032620-3504140)
Elizabeth Waagen reports on AAVSO Special Notice 397 the announcement on the
CBAT Transient Object Confirmation Page (TOCP) of the discovery of a bright
transient in Sco. Tadashi Kojima (Japan) detected the transient on 2015
February 11.836UT at unfiltered CCD magnitude 8.2 using a 150-mm f/2.8 lens
+ a digital camera. Kojima adds nothing is visible on a frame from the same
camera on Feb. 10.827 UT.

The object has been designated PNV J17032620-3504140 on the TOCP page.
Photometry and spectroscopy are requested to confirm the object and
determine its nature.

It is located at: RA 17h 03m 26.20s DEC -35 04'14.0" 2000).
A subsequent report gives position end figures 26.11s, 17.6" +/- 5" 
measured from Kojima's frame (Red plain); the image may be seen at
http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/image/PnovaSco.jpg.

Charts may be created using the AAVSO Variable Star Plotter (VSP) at:
http://www.aavso.org/vsp

Guy M Hurst