THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 814       1994 Feb 22 21.36UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
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NOVA CASSIOPEIAE 1993
The nova appears to have entered a DQ-Herculis type fade after an
initial 'dip' followed by a brightening and then the full decline.
By 1994 Feb 18 it had reached magnitude about 11 although
subsequently there is considerable scatter in the estimates.
Mark Kidger reports that the nova has become very bright in the
infrared and comparison of estimates on K2415 with visual results
from various observers now shows the latter rather fainter with a
significant 'index' developing, again probably due to the redness
of the object.

The following C chart has an extended sequence by Brian Skiff
together with further preliminary measures by Mark Kidger in
Tenerife:
\\\\\\N Cas 93  c             Found by K.Kanatsu
S,120,10,S
-C,23.6964, 57.5167,2000
P,23h 39.4m  +57 14'  (1950)
O,61,60,6.4,18
-L,R,Nova
-T,Nova Seq:Skiff;19-22 Kidger
-S,N/026.01
R,8.28,33,47,8
R,9.80,109,98,11
R,10.37,56,29,12
R,10.92,22,71,13
R,11.23,69,70,14,A
R,11.83,105,32,15
R,12.52,58,32,16
R,13.09,77,54,17
R,13.28,49,56,18
R,13.51,43,60,19
R,13.95,69,67,20,R
R,14.65,64,66,21,A
R,15.03,54,57,22,B
M,10,12,118
M,11,89,38,81,10,104,115,99,114
M,12,79,37,113,48,106,101,83,44,69,77
M,12,54,95,58,62,9,48,36,94,70,77,69,95
M,13,58,8,117,27,20,5,36,32,28,29,28,5,66,13
M,13,76,15,4,26,7,28,101,10,73,38,112,24,115,17
M,13,109,12,102,85,67,106,39,43,18,67,100,75,47,113
M,13,14,115,112,108,84,109,60,64,99,105
M,13,97,44,20,60,70,104,43,93,59,65
M,14,94,28,117,32,113,21,87,30,72,91,106,106,50,94
M,14,40,49,105,102,119,119
M,15,71,97
E,72
////// Basic chart automatically generated by GSC2FIND ver 1.4

It is vital that the nova is now followed intensely as DQ-Herculis
events are comparatively rare. The minimum may be very faint and if
so we look to astrophotographers and CCD observers to assist.