[vsnet-chat 455] Re: N:: near M 51

[Rudolf Novak <rudolfn@physics.muni.cz>]

Bill Dillon wrote:
> 
> Content-MD5: YG06SaFhw6naMW3mPCr59w==
> 
> Rudolf,
> 
> If this is in regard to the 14th magnitude "nova" near M51 reported
> here a while back, the "nova" turned out to be a flaw in the
> "discoverers" CCD camera.  We imaged the coordinates within a
> day of the first report and found nothing unusual.  When I returned
> from the observatory there was an e-mail recalling the discovery
> report.
> 
> Ah well, we got a nice image of M51.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> William Dillon
> bdillon@houston.geoquest.slb.com
> http://vsnet.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7477/
> 
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > I would like to inform you that I went through many images of M 51 on
> > the Internet using some CCD astronomy discusion groups, searchers as
> > altavista and check star close to M 51 which is suspected to be variable
> > as an nova. The star was always faint and no image showed some
> > brightening.
>         [rest of message edited out]
> > Rudolf

Dear Bill,
No I wrote here about star which is named in Downes & Shara as an  CVn2.
Rudolf
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