Possible Nova (2002 No. 3) in Sgr, prenova candidate > On the position derived by D. West (19:01:09.34, -22:00:05.5), every > DSS 1 (quick V) and DSS 2 (R, I, quick R) image show a isorated star > which is cataloged as: > > GSC_2.2.1 19:01:09.327 -22:00:05.77 Fmag=17.05 Bjmag=17.71 Vmag=16.85 > USNO_A2.0 19:01:09.321 -22:00:06.17 rmag=16.7 bmag=17.0 > 2MASS 19:01:09.34 -22:00:06.2 J=16.371 H=15.836 K=16.966 > > The second nearest object is about 7" away. Then the star described > above is very likely a quiesient counterpart of Haseda's possible nova. The colors of the suggested quiescent candidate are consistent with those of a little reddened quiescent nova, which are also consistent with Doug West's BV photometry. Regards, Taichi Kato