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Alert Notice 580: ASASSN-17fp rebrightening event and ongoing monitoring

May 24, 2017: ASASSN-17fp, discovered on 2017 April 28 and classified as a helium dwarf nova, was observed to be in outburst again on May 16 after fading 2.5 magnitudes from its original outburst. Dr. Tom Marsh (University of Warwick) and Dr. Elme Breedt (University of Cambridge) requested immediate time-series coverage.

Alert Notice 568: Nova in Scorpius - PNV J16521887-3754189 [V1657 Sco]

February 13, 2017


Event: Nova in Scorpius  [V1657 Sco]

Discovered by: Hideo Nishimura (Shizuoka-ken, Japan)

Discovery magnitude: magnitude 11.7 (CCD, unfiltered)

Discovery date: 2017 February 1.862 UT

Coordinates (2000.0): R.A. 16 52 18.87  Decl. -37 54 18.9 (from discovery and VSX)

Alert Notice 561: Nova in Sagittarius = ASASSN-16ma = PNV J18205200-2822100 [V5856 Sgr]

October 28, 2016

Event: Nova in Sagittarius  [V5856 Sgr]

Discovered independently by:
 - ASAS-SN (K. Z. Stanek (Ohio State University) et al.; ATel #9669)
 - Yukio Sakurai (Mito, Japan; via TOCP page)

Discovery magnitude:
 - ASAS-SN: V~13.7, using quadruple 14-cm "Cassius" telescope at CTIO
 - Sakurai: 10.4 unfiltered CCD, using Nikon D7100 digital camera + 180-mm f/2.8 lens

Alert Notice 560: TCP J18102829-2729590 = Nova in Sagittarius [V5855 Sgr]

October 24, 2016

Event: Nova in Sagittarius = TCP J18102829-2729590  [V5855 Sgr]

Discovered by: Koichi Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan) (reported to CBAT via S. Nakano (Teppo-cho, Yamagata, Japan))

Discovery magnitude: 10.7 unfiltered CCD, using 180-mm f/4.0 lens

Alert Notice 557: MASTER OT J010603.18-744715.8 = Nova in SMC (Tucana)

October 17, 2016

Event: Nova in the Small Magellanic Cloud (Tucana)

Discovered by: the MASTER-OAFA auto-detection system (reported by V. Shumkov (Lomonosov Moscow State University) et al. in ATel #9621)

Discovery magnitude: 10.9 unfiltered CCD