[Aavso-photometry] Request for confirmation observations near TT Boo

[Patrick Schmeer]

--- arne <arne at aavso.org> wrote:
> John's image does show an object about 3arcmin north of TT Boo.
> The suspicious facts, though:
> - same RA as TT Boo, to within 0.3arcsec
> - same brightness as TT Boo when in outburst
> - However, unlikely to be an outburst of TT Boo, since the last outburst
>     was only three weeks ago (and we have recent negative reports anyway)
> - high galactic latitude (+60), so an unlikely nova
> - no obvious galaxy at that position, so unlikely supernova
> - it would be a rare event to have two CVs so close together
>      with the same RA.
> So definitely an interesting observation and worthy of confirmation.
> Arne

I have just checked John's CCD image, too. In my opinion the suspect
looks different from the other star images so that I suppose it is a
flaw.
 
Patrick


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