Dear Colleagues, this nova has now just been officially announced on IAUC 7975. Regards, Gianluca Taichi Kato wrote: > > Unconfirmed bright object(?) in Sgr, please confirm! > > Katsumi Haseda (Aichi Japan) has reported possible detection of > a potentially bright object (mag about 5.0) at an approximate position > 190108.5 -220045 (J2000.0). Since the stellar image was recorded > on a single film taken on 2002 Sep. 20.431 UT, the existence or reality of > the object has not been confirmed. Although we don't usually report > a potential discovery alert at such an early stage, I relay this report > because the exceptional brightness clearly requires emergent confirmation. > > Could someone check this field? > > Regards, > Taichi Kato -- *********************************************************************** * 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 * ***********************************************************************