------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1199 1997 May 29 18.02UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- V723 CAS As announced on E1196 this is the new designation for Nova Cas 1995. Recent reports logged also indicate the nova is fading more sharply and now beyond the end of the TA sequence. A new (c) format chart with extended sequence follows: \\\\\\V723 Cas c Nova found by Yamamoto S,400,3,S -C, 1.0847, 54.0100,2000 O,200,200,7.1v,18.5p -L,L,nova -T,nova Seq:PEPV Skiff+Kato -S,N/030.03 P,01h 05.1m +54 01' (2000) R,9.58,292,54,F R,10.35,117,182,G R,11.01,268,275,H R,11.8,81,169,J R,12.7,171,249,K R,13.2,155,217,L R,13.8,283,126,M M,9,355,26 M,10,392,25 M,11,207,228,260,12 M,12,157,85,135,399,115,248,270,91,346,99,84,116 M,12,68,315 M,13,170,130,93,253,346,339,342,290,314,42,103,83 M,13,131,5,142,147,212,22,13,119,269,61,112,36,12,192 M,13,208,376,314,12,385,185,188,1,11,363,383,147 M,13,3,199,359,139,48,114,223,298,384,66,10,78,379,326 M,13,72,24 M,14,317,98,238,116,321,97,368,151,325,236,369,151,379,244 M,14,55,371,48,374 M,15,105,325,143,139,146,139 E,58 ////// Basic chart automatically generated by CHART ver 1.6 The (b) chart has also been revised to reflect the new name and has been added to the 'finders' database. Guy M Hurst