[vsnet-alert 3059] Pre-discovery image of V382 Vel

["Bruce Sumner" <b.sumner@bom.gov.au>]

While observing meteors on the morning of Saturday 22 May, at 3.10am
local time (May 21, 17.10 UTC), Martin Rudd of the Astronomical Society 
of Frankston took a photo of the southern Milky Way that shows a bright 
image of Nova Velorum 1999, some 16 hours before the visual discovery
by Peter Williams and Alan Gilmore (IAUC 7176).

Using the stars phi Vel and pi Cen I estimate the magnitude of the nova 
as 3.6p. The photo was a 5 minute exposure with a 28mm lens on Kodak Gold
Flexiclear 400 film.

Details are as follows:

V382 Vel May 21.715UTC 3.6p  Martin Rudd, Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia

Regards,
Bruce Sumner

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