WRAY 15-1167 outburst

[2SPOT]

According to the gaia alert, here's a spectrum of WRAY 15-1167 taken this morning from our set up in Chile

[Peter Velez]

Good work team

here is mine for comparison

Pete

[Jaroslav Merc]

Great job! It is the first confirmed outburst of this symbiotic star! The spectroscopic data confirm it is of a Z And-type.

Thanks to Hamish Barker for notifying about this brightening and Pete and Olivier for obtaining the spectra. Amazing cooperation. The Atel with the summary of the results is available at this link: https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=15340.

[2SPOT]

It's really amazing to work together and with a good reactivity from all of you !!!!

An ATel just some fews hours after sending the last spectrum of this target.... Thank you very much Jaroslav !!!!

[Peter Velez]

It was an amazing turnaround.

Its collaboration like this - across 5 countries - that makes spectroscopy so rewarding.

Now, onto the next one.

Pete

[Hamish Barker]

thanks everyone for a fun and collaboration. at least this time neither the SALT, Hale nor VLT scooped the small amateur telescopes! maybe further observation is still warranted in the next weeks, in case we get a bigger bang.

And for those watching from the forum, hopefully it will inspire further activity and collaboration, and perhaps more than a few hours of sleep lost to a good cause.

cheers,
hamish