ASAS-SN Discovery of a Strong AGN Outburst and Dramatic Seyfert Type Change in NGC 2617
Abstract
During the ongoing All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN or "Assassin"), using data from the double 14-cm "Brutus" telescope in Haleakala, Hawaii, we have discovered a candidate outburst in a known Seyfert galaxy NGC 2617. NGC 2617 is a face-on Sc galaxy at a distance of about 62 Mpc (distance modulus 34.0; NED). ASAS-SN transient source detection was triggered by an image taken at 2013 UT Apr.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- April 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013ATel.5010....1S
- Keywords:
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- Optical;
- AGN