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[vsnet-alert 7504] Possible Nova (2002 No. 3) in Sgr, prenova candidate
- Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:50:02 +0900 (JST)
- To: dgreen@cfa.harvard.edu, vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp, vsnet-campaign-nova@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp, vsnet-discovery-nova@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
- Subject: [vsnet-alert 7504] Possible Nova (2002 No. 3) in Sgr, prenova candidate
- Cc: vsnet-j@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp, vsnet-newvar@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Possible Nova (2002 No. 3) in Sgr, prenova candidate
> On the position derived by D. West (19:01:09.34, -22:00:05.5), every
> DSS 1 (quick V) and DSS 2 (R, I, quick R) image show a isorated star
> which is cataloged as:
>
> GSC_2.2.1 19:01:09.327 -22:00:05.77 Fmag=17.05 Bjmag=17.71 Vmag=16.85
> USNO_A2.0 19:01:09.321 -22:00:06.17 rmag=16.7 bmag=17.0
> 2MASS 19:01:09.34 -22:00:06.2 J=16.371 H=15.836 K=16.966
>
> The second nearest object is about 7" away. Then the star described
> above is very likely a quiesient counterpart of Haseda's possible nova.
The colors of the suggested quiescent candidate are consistent with
those of a little reddened quiescent nova, which are also consistent with
Doug West's BV photometry.
Regards,
Taichi Kato
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