[vsnet-alert 5721] Possible Nova Sgr 2001 confirmed (Jones)

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

From owner-vsnet@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp Mon Feb 26 00:31 JST 2001
From: "Albert Jones" <afjones@voyager.co.nz>
To: "W.Liller" <wliller@compuserve.com>
Cc: "Howard E. Bond" <BOND@stsci.edu>, "Hilmar Duerbeck" <duerbeck@stsci.edu>,
        "Green, D." <dgreen@cfa.harvard.edu>, "Danie O" <danieo@global.co.za>,
        "Pearce, A." <andrew.pearce@clough.com.au>,
        "Stubbings, Rod" <stubbo@qedsystems.com.au>,
        "Takamizawa, Kesao" <GHA07243@nifty.ne.jp>,
        "vsnet" <vsnet@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 04:26:23 +1300
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Kia ora everyone,

Clouds clearing.

Nova Sgr 2001

2001 February 25d15h04m UT      Magnitude (visual)  8.9

Comparison stars Vj from Guide 7 CD ROM

Cheers,

Albert Jones


----- Original Message -----
From: "W.Liller" <wliller@compuserve.com>
To: "Abby Jones" <afjones@voyager.co.nz>
Cc: "Howard E. Bond" <BOND@stsci.edu>; "Hilmar Duerbeck"
<duerbeck@stsci.edu>; "Green, D." <dgreen@cfa.harvard.edu>; "Danie O"
<danieo@global.co.za>; "Pearce, A." <andrew.pearce@clough.com.au>;
"Stubbings, Rod" <stubbo@qedsystems.com.au>; "Takamizawa, Kesao"
<GHA07243@nifty.ne.jp>; "vsnet" <vsnet@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 10:58 AM
Subject: Possible nova in Sgr


> Hola everyone -
>
> Surely someone else will have discovered this bright intruder already, but
> here is what I found:
>
> There is an apparent nova (mag 7.7) on Technical Pan photographs taken on
> Feb. 24.3687 and 24.3709 UT with an 85mm camera (+orange filter).  The
> approximate location of the star is R.A. = 17h 54.7m, Dec. = -26d 14'
> (equinox 2000).  Nothing brighter than mag 11.0 appears at this location
on
> photographs taken on Feb. 14.
>
> Confirmation is kindly requested.  The star is approx. 3.0' east of GSC
> 6845 565.  I will try for a more precise CCD position and magnitude
tonight
> -- and a spectrogram if possible.
>
> All the best to all,  Bill Liller
>

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