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[vsnet-alert 1566] Nova Sagittarii 1998
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:04:49 +0100
- To: vsnet-alert@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: "Bjorn H. Granslo" <b.h.granslo@astro.uio.no>
- Subject: [vsnet-alert 1566] Nova Sagittarii 1998
- CC: dahle@galileo.IFA.Hawaii.Edu, b.h.granslo@astro.uio.no
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- Organization: Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics
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***** NOVA SAGITTARII 1998 *****
In IAUC 6846 William Liller (Vina del Mar, Chile) reports his
discovery and observations of a probable nova of mag. 7.8 on
exposures from 1998 Mar. 22.363-22.366 UT. He was using an
85-mm lens with an orange filter and Technical Pan film. The
object was not detected and fainter than mag. 11.5 on images
taken four days earlier. A low-resolution spectrum from Mar. 23
showed H-alpha in emission, which is characteristic of a nova.
CCD-photometry from Mar. 23.316 UT gave V=7.74.
The nova is located at R.A. = 18h21m40s.5, Decl.=-27o31'38"
(2000.0). This position is based on astrometry reported in
IAUC 6847 by S. Nakano and G. J. Garradd from CCD-exposures by
Y. Kushida, M. Aoki and Garradd.
Bjoern H. Granslo
(bgranslo@astro.uio.no)
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