THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 777 1993 Sept 28 20.00UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke,
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NOVA LUPI 1993
W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports his discovery of a possible
nova of mag 8.0 (average of two photographs, Tech Pan film
+ orange filter) on Sept. 19.02 UT at
R.A. = 14 28.4, Decl. = -50 57 (equinox 1950.0). His examination
of some 50 films taken during 1991 Jan.-1993 May 4 reveals no star
brighter than mag 11.5 at this position.
IAUC 5867
R. H. McNaught and G. J. Garradd, Anglo-Australian Observatory,
report a precise position of this apparent nova (cf. IAUC 5867)
from an exposure obtained with the Uppsala Southern Schmidt
telescope on Sept. 21.44 UT:
R.A. = 14h31m50s.20, Decl. = -51o10'33".1 (equinox 2000.0;
uncertainty 0".3 in each coordinate).
The corresponding 1950.0 position is
R.A. = 14h28m26s.04, Decl. = -50o57'18".2. Visual comparison of
this exposure with the ESO B and R and SERC J surveys yields no
candidate for this object to mag 17, and no stars in the immediate
vicinity display obvious color.
CCD photometry by W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile: Sept. 19.987UT,
V = 7.97 +/- 0.10, B-V = +0.18 +/- 0.15; 20.994, V = 8.47 +/-0.02
(standard stars from nearby E5 region). A low-resolution objective
prism spectrogram obtained with a 0.20-m reflector shows similarity
to the spectra of other novae, including N Sgr 1993; the intensity
of the H-alpha feature and nebular lines is at least twice the
intensity of the surrounding continuum.
IAUC 5868
AGM VIDEO
Following the successful meeting in Northampton last Saturday,
Martin Mobberley has produced the usual video which is now
available for sale priced at #12.00 (12 pounds sterling) post paid
UK. Please add 30% for European destinations.
It covers:
Annual Report, Guy M Hurst
Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope GSC, Nick James
Recurrent Objects Programme, Bill Worraker
Occultation events, Andrew Elliott
Perseids 1993, Neil Bone
BAA-TA Liaison, Nick Hewitt
Supernova 1993J and various nova updates, Guy M Hurst
Recovery of P/Comet Swift-Tuttle, Martin Mobberley
plus numerous short papers.
Orders should be placed via the Editor
V1113 CYGNI
Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK reports an outburst of V1113 Cygni
catalogued as a UG star with range 14-[17p located at:
RA 19h21.5m DEC +52 39' (1950)
1993 Sept 19.007UT, [14.0 G.Poyner
21.947UT, 14.0 Poyner
21.958UT, 14.0 John Day, Leicester, UK
22.024UT, 14.0 Poyner
22.816UT, 14.5 Poyner
This appears to be the first detection recorded in TA database
and possibly the first by any observer since 1964,