Volume 41 number 2
(2013)
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- Yue Zhao
- Cuiying Honors College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, 128 Petrie Science and Engineering Building, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada; zhao.yue32012@gmail.com
- Patrick B. Hall
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, 128 Petrie Science and Engineering Building, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
- Paul Delaney
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, 128 Petrie Science and Engineering Building, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
- J. Sandal
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, 128 Petrie Science and Engineering Building, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Abstract
A previously unknown optical transient has been observed in the
constellation Bootes. The transient flared to brighter than 5th
magnitude, which is comparable to the visual magnitudes of the nearby
stars pi Boo and omicron Boo. This article describes the relative
astrometry and photometry work we have done regarding the transient.