[vsnet-alert 6563] Nova Sagittarii 2001 no. 3 again by Alfredo Pereira!

["Maciej Reszelski" <macres@pro.onet.pl>]

From AAVSO Newsflash 843:

1805-30  NOVA SAGITTARII 2001 NO. 3

We have been informed by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
(IAU Circular 7706) that Alfredo Pereira, Portugal, and William Liller,
Chile, have independently discovered an apparent nova in Sagittarius.

Pereira's visual discovery was made on Sep. 5.846 UT at magnitude 7.0
with strong orange color, during his regular patrol with 14x100 binoculars.

Liller's photographic discovery was made on two films taken Sep. 3.979 UT,
using Kodak Technical Pan film and an orange filter, that showed the nova
at magnitude 10.0.  His confirming CCD image of Sep. 6.039 UT (taken
through clouds) showed the nova at CCDV (broadband) magnitude 7.27.

A. Hale, USA, measured a CCD image taken Sep. 6.1 UT and reported
the position of the nova (estimated by him at visual magnitude 7.0) as:

    R.A. = 18h 11m 46.01s  Decl. = -30 degrees 30' 50.9"  (2000)

For more information and an AAVSO 'b' scale preliminary chart of
N Sgr 01-3 please see AAVSO Alert Notice 289, which has been posted on
the AAVSO web page.

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