[vsnet-alert 3629] V949 Sgr

[Patrick Schmeer <extpasc@rz.uni-sb.de>]

(LIKELY) MIRA-TYPE VARIABLE V949 SAGITTARII NEAR MAXIMUM

In response to Seiichi Yoshida's report (vsnet-alert 3628):
Nearly seven weeks ago I found a bright star (mag 12.0) near the
cataloged position of V949 Sgr (= Nova Sgr 1914) on an unfiltered
IRO image taken on 1999 Sept. 8.128 UT (sequence used: USNO-A2.0 
red magnitudes).
Data from USNO-A2.0: 184103.101 -280935.61 (2000.0) 12.0 18.8
The (unmarked) star is relatively faint on Duerbeck's finding chart
(from a UK Schmidt blue-green plate) but bright on the DSS image
from 1987 May 18.778 UT (due to the likely non-eruptive nature of
the brightening I did not announce it but wanted to follow the star's
behavior for a few weeks). My latest image of V949 Sgr was taken on
Oct. 26.122 UT; the star is at mag 13.0 and thus clearly variable
(apparently fading from a Mira-type maximum).
Unfortunately the discoverer (R.T.A. Innes) did not provide a finding
chart for the alleged nova, but due to the almost identical positions 
we may assume that the variable has been recovered. 

Regards,
Patrick

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