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[vsnet-alert 5998] Re: Possible nova in Oph (Liller)



Re: Possible nova in Oph (Liller)

   Wouldn't it be the minor planet (14) ?

> Hola, Everyone -
> 
> On a pair of Kodak Tech Pan 25 films taken through an orange filter and an
> 85mm f/1.4 lens, at UT June 16.6292 and June 16.6306, 2001, I found a
> possible nova, magnitude 9.5.  On June 12.6, the star was fainter than mag
> 11.0.  The star's approximate position (2000): R.A. = 17h 11.0m, Dec. -21d
> 31'.  A Mira variable V1521 Oph is about 4.3' to the southwest, but even if
> its position is incorrect in the GCVS, it would seem to be too faint (12.9
> photographic mag) to be the nova suspect.
> 
> Tonight looks hopeful and I will try my best to get a low dispersion CCD
> spectrogram. Any info from other observers would be very, very welcome.

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