From jop at astro.columbia.edu Sun Apr 11 04:12:30 2021 From: jop at astro.columbia.edu (Joe Patterson) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 04:12:30 -0400 Subject: (cba:news) Fwd: CRTS J135716.8-093238 (X-ray "nova"): new outburst? (Apr. 10) In-Reply-To: <1365579146.885574.1618078450894@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1365579146.885574.1618078450894@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0b8bc077-4958-f245-4b0e-f5f0dda12178@astro.columbia.edu> Hi CBAers, Here's a great new object for long, all-latirude-and-longitude observation. Outburst confirmed by ZTF in ATel 14539. AM CVn season is not yet over - we want to continue through May. But we have very high-quality timings of the orbital signal (as well as the two superhumps, of course) - so the need for *long* nightly time series has passed. I'd give the X-ray transient priority over HP Lib, too - although the latter is definitely of high interest. Thanks, Patrick! joe -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: CRTS J135716.8-093238 (X-ray "nova"): new outburst? (Apr. 10) Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 18:14:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Patrick Schmeer To: Gregory Sivakoff , David Buckley , Koji Mukai , Joe Patterson Hi Greg, David, Koji, and Joe, As in 2017 and 2019, spring has begun, and CRTS J135716.8-093238 = SWIFT J1357.2-0933 goes into outburst (confirmation required). Best wishes, Patrick ------- ----- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ----- *Von:* Patrick Schmeer pasc1312-aavso at yahoo.de via vsnet-alert *An:* "vsnet-alert at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp" ; "vsnet-outburst at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp" ; "vsnet-newvar at ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp" ; "cvnet-outburst at groups.io" ; "baavss-alert at groups.io" *Gesendet:* Samstag, 10. April 2021, 20:05:06 MESZ *Betreff:* [vsnet-alert 25703] CRTS J135716.8-093238 (X-ray "nova"): new outburst? (Apr. 10) CRTS J135716.8-093238 = SWIFT J1357.2-0933? (LMXB/BHXB/XN) https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=252812 My regular check of the web page https://lasair.roe.ac.uk/object/ZTF19aanxwrq/ revealed an apparent brightening: CRTSJ135716.8-093238 20210410.3803 18.69g ZTF The previous (dwarf nova-like) outburst was recorded from 2019 March 31 to July 28 by ZTF, see also https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=12796 That outburst had started around 2019 March 20, see https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=12803 Complete ASAS-SN Sky Patrol light curve and data: https://asas-sn.osu.edu/sky-patrol/coordinate/bd13a4ad-5978-45c4-9043-ca9616f8a971 Confirmation of the current outburst and follow-up observations are required. Clear skies, Patrick ------- References: All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) Sky Patrol: - Shappee et al., 2014ApJ...788...48S - Kochanek et al., 2017PASP..129j4502K Lasair: - Smith et al., 2019RNAAS...3...26S Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF): - Masci et al., 2019PASP..131a8003M ____________________________________________________________ Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBA) mailing lists https://cbastro.org/communications/mailing-lists/