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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:13:09 +1000
From: Vello Tabur <vello@pcug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [vsnet-chat 6855] Re: (fwd) Re: (fwd) Re: [vsnet-campaign-nova
1424] Re: (fwd) nova list update
Taichi Kato wrote:
> Was the object you observed 4 weeks prior to Takao the genuine prediscovery
>image of the nova? I asked you on this in a different place, but have
>not received a firm answer. This is particularly important because
>a recent work by Kimeswenger and Lechner (astro-ph/0309370) greatly
>relied on these "premaximum observations" in their discussion of the
>nature. If the nova was not convincingly bright for a long time before
>the maximum, this paper would have to be withdrawn.
>
>
>
Hmm. I wish you hadn't dragged me into this with the comment about my so
called "independent discovery". You'll notice that I didn't challenge
Doug's original list that attributed the nova to Takao. But now that you
bring it up and I'm forced to defend my integrity, here is a link that
should satisfy you that my claims are true:
http://vsnet.tip.net.au/~vello/novae/noph03/N_Oph_2003.html
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