Nova Sgr 2002 (No. 3): prediscovery negative observation on Sep. 8 We have received the following negative report from Gary Holahan (holahan@bigplanet.com). --- When I read the AstroAlert: Bright nova in Sagittarius, I realized that I had a photo of the Sgr area taken on September 8, 2002 0300 UT. I checked the photo, which shows stars in the area down to mag 11.0, for the nova 2002 -03. No sign of the nova at mag 11.0. --- SGRnova2002-3 20020908.125 <110p GHo (Gary Holahan, tentative code) Regards, Taichi Kato