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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 01:34 EST
From: "Robert H. McNaught, AAO" <UKESRU@aaocbn.oz.au>
Subject: N Aql 93 survey check
R. H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory reports the following
precise position for the nova from a film taken with the Uppsala Southern
Schmidt on 1993 May 17.6 UT; R.A. = 19h10m34s.69, Decl.= +01 29'14".2
(equinox 1950.0, 14 PPM stars, uncertainty 0".3 in each coordinate).
Using the same PPM stars, the nearest star to the nova on a U. K. Schmidt
R plate taken 1987 May 24 is mag 19 and has end figures 34s.56, 14".9
(uncertainty 0".3 in each coordinate). This star appears on the first
Palomar survey in the same position indicating that proper motion is not
responsible for the position discrepancy. The star shows neutral colours
and there is no evidence of variability on the Palomar prints or on 12
U. K. Schmidt exposures in J, R and I taken 1979 to 1988. The pre-nova
was therefore fainter than mag 22.
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