------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1509 2000 Apr 03 11.36UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- XTE J1118+480 Further to the announcement on E1507 of the discovery of this x-ray nova, a provisional chart and sequence follows. Observations are urgently required and should be e-mailed daily to the editor. \\\\\\XTE J1118+480 b X-ray nova found by RXTE S,400,9,S P,11h 18.3m +48 03' (2000) -C,11.3047, 48.0500,2000 O,200,200,12.3,? -L,L,nova,L -T,Nova Seq:USNO1/GSC -S,N/041.01 M,8,135,245 -L,L,78 R,10.9,226,197,A R,12.2,233,255,B R,12.95,164,182,C R,13.76,181,240,D,R R,14.23,169,258,E,R R,15.10,229,216,F R,15.30,212,179,G,B M,9,393,137,23,179 M,10,38,174,364,238,197,131,361,37,55,247 M,11,265,25,357,5,139,115,383,171,259,35,162,381 M,11,250,360 M,12,90,14,274,56,80,194,144,323,206,38,222,299,341,325 M,12,355,155,104,172,200,292,384,37 M,13,158,63,374,201,202,7,386,232,364,58,178,375,92,364 M,13,160,377,371,348,277,280,186,5,44,29,90,34,357,392 M,13,18,255,315,16,253,295,316,171,330,121,350,196,22,246 M,13,361,223,49,154,40,161,77,197,221,397,239,320 M,13,394,213,261,163,334,279,247,240 M,14,118,18,160,392,3,190,110,285,55,20,120,167 M,14,225,88,193,6,96,282,258,103,322,33,64,278,244,247 M,14,34,169,44,345,224,350,296,172,213,114,350,389 M,14,164,366,378,27,386,331,72,190,376,319,318,149,169,48 M,14,339,367,256,37,221,5,304,257,69,330,150,139,109,233 M,14,268,361,1,235,317,141,154,316,193,355,72,139,233,364 M,14,113,338,257,154,216,3,169,246,89,216,331,250,361,148 M,14,356,250 M,15,125,4,200,29,109,84,38,70,209,105,169,168,223,352 M,15,136,118,165,247,191,128,389,309,22,397,123,40 M,15,265,184,143,383,103,350,258,368,77,43,9,327 M,15,157,136,110,328,5,322,99,153,210,189,241,278,151,127 M,15,76,102,154,83,336,215,25,162,97,144,167,284 E,145 ////// Basic chart automatically generated by CHART ver 1.6 Guy M Hurst