[vsnet-discovery-nova 72] Re: [vsnet-alert 7385] Re: Suspect object near NGC 6946

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Re: [vsnet-alert 7385] Re: Suspect object near NGC 6946

> I just received form Leszek Marcinek
>  more informations about photo. Here they
> are:
> DATE: 2002 May 2002 21UT
> INSTRUMENT: Sonnar 300/4
> Fuji Press 800ASA, 10 min exp.

   Is the data May 21?  If this is the case (and if the object is real),
the suspect object should have faded by 5 mag or more in 20 days.
This is not exceptional either for a cataclysmic outburst or a fast nova.
(Less likely for a SN?)  Another HP And-like object? :-)

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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