AAVSO Special Notice #156
Update on possible Nova in LMC from Special Notice #154 (revision of Special Notice #155)
May 9, 2009
(Note: this Special Notice replaces #155 to correct the AUID. We apologize for any inconvenience.) The possible nova LMC 2009 #2 [N LMC 2009 No. 2] announced in AAVSO Special Notice #154 has been detected by several observers, and was also announced in IAUC 9042 (D.W.E. Green, editor). L.A.G. Monard (Pretoria, South Africa) has performed astrometry of the source, and provides the following coordinates: RA: 05 31 26.42 , Dec: -67 05 39.4 Monard reports the star was at an unfiltered magnitude of 12.5 on 2009 May 07.716 (JD 2454959.216). Terry Bohlsen (Armidale, NSW, Australia) confirmed the astrometry, with coordinates matching those of Monard's within 0.5 arcseconds. We note that spectroscopy of this object has not yet been obtained, and therefore the object has not yet been confirmed as a nova. It is possible that it could be a foreground cataclysmic variable in outburst and not a nova. Spectroscopy is urgently requested to confirm the nature of the source. Please submit photometry of the object to the AAVSO using the identifier "VSX J053126.4-670539" or the AUID "000-BJP-186". An AAVSO Alert Notice will be issued if and when the object is determined to be a nova. This AAVSO Special Notice was prepared by M. Templeton. --------------------------------------------------- SUBMIT OBSERVATIONS TO THE AAVSO Information on submitting observations to the AAVSO may be found at: http://www.aavso.org/observing/submit/ SPECIAL NOTICE ARCHIVE AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION A Special Notice archive is available at the following URL: http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/ Subscribing and Unsubscribing may be done at the following URL: http://www.aavso.org/publications/email/