[vsnet-chat 5430] Pre-discovery rendezvous of C/2002 O4

[Seiichi Yoshida <comet@aerith.net>]

Dear colleagues,

I searched pre-discovery rendezvous of C/2002 O4 ( Hoenig ).

It must be near by 15.8 mag supernova 2002dp on July 15.

And it passed near by some frequently observed variable stars.

Please see the web pages for more information:

  http://vsnet.aerith.net/comet/rendezvous/current.html

Best regards,

2002 July 15  18h UT  1.054 deg ( 63.3 arcmin)
  C/2002 O4 ( Hoenig )		23h33m.0  +22o33'  11.4 mag
  SN 2002dp in NGC 7678		23h28m.5  +22o26'  15.8 mag

  -8<-  -8<-  -8<-  -8<-  -8<-  -8<-  -8<-  -8<-  -8<-  -8<-

2002 July 24  17h UT  2.488 deg (149.3 arcmin)
  C/2002 O4 ( Hoenig )		23h26m.6  +35o25'  10.7 mag
  ST And (SRA)			23h38m.8  +35o46'   7.7-11.8 mag

2002 July 21  13h UT  2.218 deg (133.1 arcmin)
  C/2002 O4 ( Hoenig )		23h29m.8  +30o23'  10.9 mag
  V378 Peg (NL)			23h40m.1  +30o18'  14.4-14.7 mag

2002 July 20   0h UT  1.745 deg (104.7 arcmin)
  C/2002 O4 ( Hoenig )		23h30m.9  +28o08'  11.1 mag
  NSV 14652 (?)			23h38m.8  +28o20'  13.8-16.0 mag

2002 July  2  14h UT  0.704 deg ( 42.2 arcmin)
  C/2002 O4 ( Hoenig )		23h33m.3  +09o52'  12.5 mag
  FF Peg (M)			23h36m.2  +09o49'   9.7-14.7 mag

2002 May  27  22h UT  0.756 deg ( 45.4 arcmin)
  C/2002 O4 ( Hoenig )		23h14m.2  -07o22'  14.8 mag
  chi Aqr (LB)			23h16m.8  -07o44'   4.9-5.1 mag

--
Seiichi Yoshida
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