[vsnet-alert 4716] Re: Probable nova in Aquila (Re: Possible Nova or CI Aql)

[Gianluca Masi <gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it>]

While it is cloudy over Italy, it could be very interesting to have a reference image of
this star during this eruption available on the web. I will wait for another hour or so to
see if a clear spell opens.

Yours,
Gianluca

Hitoshi YAMAOKA wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
>   K. Ayani and K. Shirakami has kindly provided the image of probable
> nova in Aquila taken with 1.01-m Bisei telescope, which clearly shows
> that the position of the erupting star is indeed the location of the
> eclipsing binary with strange spectrum (IBVS 4232, 4338).  It is quite
> acceptable that CI Aql is undergoing the recurrent eruption of nova
> outburst.
> 
>   The astrometry is still in progress.
> 
> Sincerely Yours,
> Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
> yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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