Norwegian Astronomical Society - Variable Star Section Variable Star Observations for 2002 September 24-29 (J.D. 2452542-2547) Visual Observations of V4743 Sagittarii (Nova Sgr 2002 #3) Variable YYYYMMDD.DDD Magn Obs Instrument Mag.ref. Notes SGRV4743 20020924.781 6.8 GRL B12x50 TYC2-VT (1) SGRV4743 20020926.790 7.1 GRL L90;30x TYC2-VT (2) SGRV4743 20020929.784 7.8 GRL L70;48x TYC2-VT (3) Remarks (observations are Pogson step esimates with 1 step = 0.1 mag.): (1) Estimate: C-7; D-2; E+4 (class 2). Location: Fjellhamar, Norway. (2) Estimate: D-5; E+1 (1). Location: Kjeller, Lillestrom, Norway. (3) Estimate: E-6; G+3 (2). Alt. 8 deg. Location: Blindern, Oslo, Norway. Instruments: 90-mm refractor (L90), 70-mm refr. (L70), 12x50 binoculars. Observer's code: GRL = Bjorn H. Granslo. --- Comparison stars for V4743 Sgr (with VT-mags. from Tycho-2 catalogue): Id. R.A. (2000.0) Decl. VT-mag Star Name Notes h m s o ' " A 18 57 20.5 -20 39 23 5.07 HD 175687 Xi1 Sgr B 18 56 00.7 -23 10 26 5.90 HD 175360 C 18 58 24.8 -22 31 46 6.15 HD 175892 D 18 52 08.4 -21 55 18 6.60 HD 174596 E 19 04 20.3 -21 31 54 7.20 HD 177166 Comb. mag. of double F 18 54 07.8 -22 34 13 7.64 HD 174973 G 18 59 36.0 -21 49 42 8.12 HD 176126 Red star (B-V = +1.37) H 19 01 59.5 -22 05 36 8.78 HD 176610 K 19 01 17.6 -22 07 03 9.39 HD 176472 40" from star P L 19 01 40.3 -22 11 56 9.93 HD 176551 M 19 01 37.8 -22 07 35 10.27 HD 176536 P 19 01 15.1 -22 07 23 10.93 6294-1542 40" from star K V 19 01 09.4 -22 00 06 (Var) V4743 Sgr Nova Sgr 2002 No. 3 Yours sincerely, Bjorn H. Granslo