"Pi of the Sky" automatic trigger has detected a new
object in the sky at (2000) RA = 11 13 54, DEC = -61 14 00. No known variable star or minor planet is present at this position.
During
night 2008.03.18/19 the "Pi of the Sky" apparatus located at Las Campanas Observatory was observing the Swift satellite field of view with 10s
exposures from 5:49 UT. At 6:12 UT we observed exceptionally bright optical flash reaching 5.8 magnitudo. It was automatically detected by the
flash recognition algorithm.
"Pi of the Sky automatic trigger has detected a new object on the sky at RA = 11 12 18, DEC = -35 38 37.
A new large-amplitude cataclysmic binary, most likely
a WZ Sge system, was discovered by the "Pi of the Sky" team in mid-September.
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