[vsnet-alert 7527] Keith Geary's query object? near Nova Sgr 2002 (No. 3)

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Keith Geary's query object? near Nova Sgr 2002 (No. 3)

   We have received the following query from Keith Geary
(keithgear@eircom.net).

   The image has been posted at:

http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/Novae/nova_sgr02-3/gearyquery.jpg

   Could someone check the reality?

From: "Keith Geary" <keithgear@eircom.net>
Subject: Another possible nova in sagittarius - 2002 no.4??
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 21:46:51 +0100

Hello All, i am writing to you for some help. I had sent a pre-discovery 
image of nova sgr 2002 no.3 (haseda's nova) this evening to VSNET, when 
on closer examination of
the image showed up yet another, to the best of my knowledge, 
unidentified object very near the position of this nova. The object is 
stellar in appearance, and photographically (slr 35mm) apprears at about 
magnitude 8. I have checked with redshift 4 software, and retrieved an 
ESO digital sky survey image for coordinates
18h55m14s  -21*50'00"s. The trouble is that this image was taken on the 
night of August 30th 2002 at 2300 hrs UT.

Do any of you have an image (CCD) or otherwise of this area on that 
particular night?? The coordinates given are rough +/-30 arcminutes, but 
can you examine the image
and see what you think. I know that it cannot be spectroscopically 
examined now, but another image to confirm that this object did actually 
appear would be great. I do not believe it is a variable star, though it 
is possible that it could have been a minor planet. The discovery from 
Tanaka sent to VSNET does not show this object on the night of 
Sept.19th. I would grateful to you all if we could tie this one up.

Thank you all, Best Regards, Keith Geary, Ireland
6*46'59"W +53*54"N

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