Affiliation
Magyar Csillagaszati Egyesulet, Valtozocsillag Szakcsoport (Hungary) (MCSE)
Tue, 10/27/2020 - 16:04
ASASSN-20ni (AT 2020yeq): possible nova in SMC. Discovered on 26 October at 14.1g magnitude.
Photometry, precize astrometry and spectra needed!
https://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2020yeq
https://twitter.com/SuperASASSN/status/1320558705360986113
ASASSN-20ni (AT 2020yeq): possible nova in SMC now has a sequence...
Caution.... very crowded fov
Tim Crawford, Sequence Team
I am using Slooh Chile observatory, but the weather & pandemic have been the problem. Still, yesterday I received one green and two red filter files and the magnitude looks to have increased. Those are so far reported as TG (10.8) and TR (10.6) as there is not enough time series for transformation.
ASASSN-20ni Sequence Extended Brighter... this Nova is really getting bright
Tim Crawford, Sequence Team
Swift took a UV-optical spectrum Oct 28.55 and 29.75 and 29.95th. The spectrum shows a very significant drop in the UV continuum blueward of 3700 Angstrom, and evidence of variable absorption features at longer wavelengths.
Hi All
I've performed astrometry on this nova candidate and precise position (2000 coords) is as follows
RA 00h 48m 44.54s
Dec -72d 53m 54.1s
Regards
Andrew Pearce (PEX)
http://www.carlosadib.com.br/astron_nova-smc.html
Photo by ARLB
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In another photo took of this region on 2020/10/20 no object brighter than mag. 14 is visible in that position!
BVRI measurements uploaded for the last few nights slowly but surely fading, hopefully others can also observe and fillout the curve.
Hi All
I have taken a spectra of this nova last night. R=1500 Mag V= 11.62
I will post it to to the ARAS forum as I can't seem to post images here.
Terry