2MASS J06422218-0226285 - a new Outburst Source
Abstract
We discovered the outburst of 2MASS J06422218-0226285. Between end 2012 and early 2014, this object brightened by 3 mag in r and i, and by 3.7 mag in J. Since then, it has stayed at high brightness of about 16 mag in r and 15 mag in i. Possible explanations for this kind of light curve might be a Catalysmic Variable, a Symbiotic Binary or a FUor or EXor type Young Stellar Object. The color properties favor an outbursting Young Stellar Object.
- Publication:
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Information Bulletin on Variable Stars
- Pub Date:
- April 2018
- DOI:
- 10.22444/IBVS.6240
- Bibcode:
- 2018IBVS.6240....1B
- Keywords:
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- photometry: BVRIJHK;
- infrared;
- stars: variables: Cataclysmic Variable;
- FUor;
- EXor;
- binaries: symbiotic;
- stars: individual: 2MASS J06422218-0226285