Discovery of a mid-infrared protostellar outburst of exceptional amplitude

P. W. Lucas, J. Elias, S. Points +12

We report the discovery of a mid-infrared outburst in a Young Stellar Object (YSO) with an amplitude close to 8 mag at $\lambda$$\approx$4.6 $\mu$m. WISEA J142238.82-611553.7 is one of 23…