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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:47:41 -0400 From: "W.Liller" <wliller@compuserve.com> Subject: More on nova suspect Hola everyone (again) - Further to my report on a nova suspect in Circinus, I have found images of the star on the overlap portion of a pair of photographs taken 5.5 minutes before the discovery photographs, at October 9.004 UT (average). Curiously, the star appears decidedly brighter at approximate magnitude 7.7. Also, I have now found a pair of photographs of the region taken on October 4.010 UT. Nothing is visible at the position of the star down to magnitude 11.0. Finally, I should note that the nearest good comparison stars are either quite blue with B-V near 0, or rather reddish with B-V near +1.2. Until we know the color of the nova suspect, we cannot estimate a reliable V magnitude for it from my red photographs. Note that very approximately, (V-R) = (B-V)/2 at these colos. All the best to all -- especially Jan Mattei. B ill Liller
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