[vsnet-alert 216] Nova Cas 1995

[tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp]

Nova Cas 1995
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   As you may be reading, IAUC No. 6213 (1995-08-26) has given a formal
designation of Nova Cas 1995 for the probable nova M. Yamamoto discovered.
Congratulations for M. Yamamoto on his discovery and quick notification
of the nova!

   In the same IAUC, G. V. Williams reports the probably progenitor of
the nova on the Palomar Digital Sky Survey red plate.  The magnitude is 
given as 18-19.  The observed outburst amplitude (9-10 mag) is relatively
smaller than most of classical novae (except some peculiar or slow ones).
So searches for pre-discovery plates would be important to define the true
maximum and outburst amplitude.  Another (very speculative) possibility
is that this nova may be a dwarf nova.  Spetroscopic observations, which
I have not yet heard, would discriminate several possibilities concerning
this nova.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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