Dear Colleagues, using a reference star in the field of Nova Aql 1999 (V1493 Aql) and its R mag from the list kindly provided by Arne Henden, I obtained the following mag for the object (unfiltered CCD, assumed to peak the the R region of the spectrum): AQLV1493 990723.8229 9.52R MAS The reference star is the one at 19h07m14.26s Delta:+122'21.7" V=10.569 V-R=1.503 (A. Henden, [vsnet-chat 2127] ). Regards, Gianluca -- *********************************************************************** * 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" * * email: gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it * * http://vsnet.eurolink.it/comets/ I. Kant * ***********************************************************************