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[vsnet-campaign-nova 140] Possible Nova in Pup: prediscovery observations by Y. Nakamura

Possible Nova in Pup: prediscovery observations by Y. Nakamura

   Yuji Nakamura (Suzuka, Mie, Japan) reports the following prediscovery
observations on his patrol films.  The object was unseen on his Sep. 26.780
exposure, giving a conservative upper limit of 12.0 (probably fainter than
12.5).  The major rise of the object took between 2000 Sep. 26 and Nov. 23
(Haseda's observation).

object         YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
PUPnova2000    20000926.780 <120p  Y. Nakamura
PUPnova2000    20001128.748   88p  Y. Nakamura
PUPnova2000    20001229.733   91p  Y. Nakamura

   Observer: Yuji Nakamura (Suzuka, Mie, Japan),
             Instruments: 200-mm lens (f/4) Tri-X film (unfiltered)
                          exposure time: 14m, 11m, 10m, respectively.
             Comparison stars: Tycho-2 V-magnitude (re-calibrated by T. Kato)

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