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[vsnet-chat 542] Re: [vsnet-alert 1132] Nova SMC 1996
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 02:09:26 +0930
- To: tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: Fraser Farrell <fraserf@dove.net.au>
- Subject: [vsnet-chat 542] Re: [vsnet-alert 1132] Nova SMC 1996
- CC: vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Sender: owner-vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
>According to IAUC No. 6713, the MACHO team has discovered an
>apparent nova in the SMC from 1996 images.
>00h 54m 43s.04 (J2000.0) -72o 32' 20".8
A small nebula is close to this position, and this does mask the position
on the photographs I have available. The position is also not in the field of
any routinely-observed visual variables (eg: HD 5980).
Typical Magellanic novae have maxima of about 10.5-11.0v.
cheers,
Fraser Farrell
http://vsnet.dove.net.au/~fraserf/ email: fraserf@dove.net.au
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