V4745 Sgr, Liller's comment and observation Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:43:56 -0400 From: "W.Liller" <wliller@compuserve.com> Subject: Nova Sgr 03 Hola everyone - First, my congratulations to Minoru Yamamoto and Nicolas Brown on their discovery. Well done! The nova appears at the edge of several of my films (Kodak Tech Pan + orange filter and an 85mm lens). My magnitudes and times are as follows: object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag remarks SGRV4745 20030419.1790 7.8R LIL Through thin clouds SGRV4745 20030419.1802 7.8R LIL Through thin clouds SGRV4745 20030423.1967 8.3R LIL Bright background; moon nearby SGRV4745 20030423.2021 8.3R LIL Bright backgroung; moon nearby SGRV4745 20030427.2054 8.1R LIL SGRV4745 20030427.2076 8.3R LIL Last night I observed the nova with a CCD and a 20cm f/1.5 Schmidt camera: SGRV4745 20030428.1949 9.47V LIL Through thin clouds; +/- 0.04 mag SGRV4745 20030428.1974 9.39B LIL Through thin clouds; +/- 0.04 mag You may ask how I could have missed an 8th magnitude nova. I was away from home for 3 weeks before mid-April, and on the first four exposures listed above, the star was only faintly visible because of poor sky. I noted it on the Apr. 27 films, but since it had been on the earlier films and little changed, I assumed it was a known variable -- and for some reason, the image appeared "soft", typical of a red Mira. All the best to all, Bill Liller === (The reports have been somewhat reformatted)
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