Should the recurrence of IM Nor be confirmed, there is a very handy photoelectric sequence by Loden, only 5' SE of the nova. It is field 2313 in Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 41,173 (1980). I have given each star its GSC number, and reproduced Loden's data. No. CPD V B-V U-B GSC ================================ 1 -52 8715 8.37 1.17 1.04 8308.00651 2 -52 8681 10.10 0.23 -0.20 8696.02168 3 -52 8710 10.38 0.35 -0.27 8308.00324 4 -52 8703 10.50 0.28 -0.09 8696.01520 5 -52 8702 10.59 1.02 0.73 8696.02880 6 -52 8711 10.63 1.31 1.17 8696.02786 7 -52 8708 10.68 0.32 0.18 8696.00860 8 -52 8722 10.71 0.07 0.00 8696.02918 9 -52 8724 10.75 0.28 -0.02 8308.00144 10 -52 8746 10.77 0.46 0.16 8696.02993 11 -52 8731 10.84 0.36 -0.01 8308.00400 12 -52 8685 10.99 0.46 0.24 8696.03025 13 -52 8696 11.04 0.10 -0.14 8696.02942 14 -52 8695 11.04 0.26 0.03 8308.00285 15 -51 8371 11.26 0.15 0.05 8308.00001 16 -52 8705 11.28 0.12 0.11 8696.01102 17 11.37 0.77 0.32 8308.00571 18 -52 8709 11.67 0.47 0.42 8696.01450 19 -52 8699 11.86 0.33 0.14 8696.02266 20 -52 8718 11.88 0.31 0.23 8696.01486 21 -52 8704 12.05 0.25 0.23 8696.01686 22 12.13 0.62 0.53 8696.01134 23 -52 8700 12.20 0.56 0.41 8696.02998 24 12.29 0.60 0.06 8696.01714 Note 1. 25 12.36 0.47 0.11 8696.02528 Note 1. While Tycho1 gives V = 11.44, Tycho2 gives V =12.133, B-V = 0.506. All other V mags are consistent with Tycho data or GSC mags. Regards, Mati morel@ozemail.com.au http://vsnet.ozemail.com.au/~morel