[vsnet-alert 2123] Re: Faint object in Triangulum

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

cf. vsnet-alert 2115
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-alert/msg02115.html
cf. vsnet-alert 2116
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-alert/msg02116.html
cf. vsnet-alert 2120
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-alert/msg02120.html

Dr. Kato wrote:
>  Considering there is also a suspect image (as pointed out by Yamaoka),
>we should now call them
>
>J015114+360550 : original object (new Tri)
>J015122+360323 : another one (pointed out by Yamaoka)

J015122+360323 seems to be a fault of the film or the scan, as Mr.
Suarez mentioned in [vsnet-alert 2115]: 

>> During the check of a271.gif, I was aware that the object at (300,178)
>> is also absent in DSS image (and USNO, NED).  What's that?  No known
>> comets and asteroids were there, also.  
> 
>  That is clearly a negative fault.

Indeed, J015122+360323 is not detected on Mr. Suarez's image on other
days, and also not on Mr. Garradd's image [vsnet-alert 2116].  

Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi YAMAOKA, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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