[vsnet-campaign-nova 990] [FWD] Nova Sgr 2002 No. 2: image from Berto Monard (B. Skiff)

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

>Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:11:24 -0700 (MST)
From: Brian Skiff <Brian.Skiff@lowell.edu>
Subject: [vsnet-alert 7484] Re: Nova Sgr 2002 No. 2: Liller's observation

>> Its position:  (2000) R.A. 18h 02m 22.07s +/- 0.15s
>> (2000) Dec. =3D -2=5d 20' 30.4" +/- 1.5".

>>  Are there any other possibilities?

     The GSC-2.2 shows a nonstellar (i.e. clump of stars) candidate 
essentially at the identical position:

18 02 22.06 -25 20 30.5 (J2000)

...with notional red magnitude 18.2.  But probably neither the object nor
the magnitude are particularly meaningful.

\Brian

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