My apology. After to check in Megastar Program, that report the asteroid 386 at position 08 44 37.3 +02 13 19, I not have cheked at MPC web page. Sorry again. Toni Scarmato ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gianluca Masi" <gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it> Cc: "Toni Scarmato" <toniscarmato@hotmail.com>; <vsnet-alert@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>; "Dan Green" <dgreen@cfa.harvard.edu> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [vsnet-alert 7198] Re: Suspect star in Hydra > As already suggested several times on this list, one is invited to check > for known asteroids when dealing with "suspect stars". > > You can easily perform this task using the MP-Cheker facility provided > by the Minor Planet Center at > > http://scully.harvard.edu/~cgi/CheckMP > > > Cheers, > Gianluca > > > > > Andreas Berthold wrote: > > > > Hello Friends ! > > > > This Star on the Foto is the Asteroid with Nr. 386 (Siegena) and 11.8 mag. > > > > best regards from Vienna > > > > Andreas Berthold > > > > Toni Scarmato schrieb: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > this is a preliminary information about a suspect star observed on two > > > images > > > Images taken at 2002 02 14.87 with a 200 mm lens f/3.5 on a 35 mm film NPH > > > 400, > > > exposure 3 minutes, that show the suspect star in Hydra. > > > The star is located at position AR 08 46 27.583+-0.52 decl +02 15 > > > 10.24+-5.27 m1=12.621+-0.33 > > > near the star GSC 216:1 > > > The astrometric measures made with Astroart and USNO A2 catalog seem show > > > that the star > > > not can to be identified whit the nonstar > > > GSC 216:1451 AR 08 46 29.19 decl +02 14 26.8 m1=15.2/0.4 = USNO A2 08 46 > > > 29.275 +02 14 27.78 m1=14.30+-0.25 > > > > > > On the other hand the the DSS1, DSS2 and USNO A2 catalog non show brigth > > > star at position pointed > > > and Megastar program not show know asteroids at position pointed. > > > > > > At this address http://digilander.iol.it/infosis/homepage/suspectstar.html > > > you can see the images. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Toni scarmato > > -- > *********************************************************************** > * Gianluca Masi "Two things fill the soul * > * Via Madonna de Loco, 47 with awe and reverence [...]: * > * 03023 Ceccano (FR) the starry sky above me and * > * ITALY the moral law within me" * > * e-mail: gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it * > * web: http://vsnet.bellatrixobservatory.org I. Kant * > * Minor Planet Center Obs. Code: 470 - Ceccano * > * Center for Backyard Astrophysics - Italy * > * VSNET Collaboration Team member * > * CCD-astrometry-photometry@egroup.com mailing-list moderator * > *********************************************************************** >