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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 848       1994 June 4 13.21UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
INTERNET: GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK  or    GMH at GXVG.AST.CAM.AC.UK
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NOVA OPHIUCHI 1994
S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, reports the discovery by Akihiko Tago
(Yanahara-cho, Kume-gun, Okayama) of an apparent nova of mag 7.0 on
T-Max 400 exposures taken with a 50-mm f/2.8 camera lens on June
1.647 and 2.672 UT; the star was not visible on his patrol films
through May 20.  Nakano forwards the following position from
Y. Kushida, Yatsugatake South Base Observatory:
R.A. = 17h35m44s.61, Decl. = -19o19'34".1 (equinox 2000.0);
the corresponding 1950.0 position is
R.A. = 17h32m47s.56, Decl. = -19o17'41".8.
A measurement from A. Sugie, Dynic Astronomical Observatory, gives
the end figures as 44s.62 and 33".9 (equinox 2000.0).  Additional
magnitude estimates:  May 16.63, [9 (M. Sugano, Kakogawa, Hyogo;
Tri-X film); June 1.73, 7.5-8 (Sugano); 2.621, 6.5 (Minoru
Yamamoto, Okazaki, Aichi; independent discovery on T-Max film);
3.54, 8.5 (Kushida, visual); 3.557, 7.9 (Kushida; T-Max 400 film);
3.617, 7.8 (S. Takahashi, Dynic Astronomical Observatory; visual).
IAUC 6001

Guy M Hurst







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