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[vsnet-obs 6085] Southern observations of 23 June 1997



Hi, 

visual observations in the Southern sky with the apogee 40x120
from Pretoria. On 23 June, before the 85% moon rose:

Star       UT       Magn

cvs
QU Car   13.7   11.1
U Sco   13.8   <12.8
V4338 Sgr  13.8   <12.2
V2905 Sgr   13.8   11.5
V3941 Sgr   13.8   <12.2
FN Sgr   13.8   11.3
V4368 Sgr   13.8   10.2   ***

rcbs
WX CrA   13.8   11.4
V3795 Sgr  13.8   11.1
RS Tel   13.8   10.5         to be watched!
V1860 Sgr   13.8   12.2
GU Sgr   13.8    10.4
RY Sgr   13.8    6.3

***
when I looked at V4368 Sgr (Wakuda's star) I saw it 'double'
despite the fact I had only one glass of wine with my souper.
The object in question was about 12 arcseconds straight to the
North of V4368 and about 10.5 in magnitude. After my initial
excitement -how would you feel!- I decided to have a look again in
two hours time. Maybe it would turn out to be a planetoid (again),
as this is sky region near the ecliptic. After 2 hours indeed the
object at similar brigthness had moved to about 100 " straight
West of V. Unfortunately, it was a planetoid!
Did anyone see it too?

Best regards,

Berto Monard / MLF