SOAR classification of ASASSN-19qv as a classical nova in the SMC
Abstract
We report on optical spectroscopic observations of the transient ASASSN-19qv which was discovered by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN: Shappee et al. 2014; Kochanek et al. 2017) on 2019-07-04.28 UT as a rapid, bright outburst in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC).
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- July 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019ATel12907....1A
- Keywords:
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- Binary;
- Cataclysmic Variable;
- Nova;
- Star;
- Transient;
- Variables