------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1640 2001 May 26 17.20UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVA AQUILAE 2001 Maurice Gavin, Worcester Park, obtained a preliminary spectrum of the nova on May 18.94UT with the 0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and reported to the editor very strong H-alpha emission had been recorded. A further spectrum was obtained on May 21.02UT and, having superimposed this on the spectrum from La Palma of May 18.118UT (cf E1636), the main features were in excellent agreement. The following e-chart (b) and sequence replace that issued on E-Circular 1633 under 'TAV J1907+117'. The original values remain unchanged except for star G, now 12.50 based on Henden star 4. Star 5 of Henden at magnitude 13.13 has been added as 'J'. TA observers should quote the latest revision as TA010526. BAA observers can quote the newly assigned N/043.01. \\\\\\Nova Aql 2001 b found by Mike Collins S,400,6,S -C,19.1242, 11.7358,2000 -T,Nova Seq:Tycho+GSC+Henden -S,N/043.01 O,200,200,10.9,(18? P,19h 07.5m +11 45 (2000) R,8.73,188,278,A,A R,9.73,202,245,B M,9,130,376,81,309,151,264,35,3 R,10.33,192,206,C,B R,10.66,159,121,D M,10,44,114,106,219,39,271,158,19,248,188 M,10,50,38,305,302,273,337,398,74,323,24,316,349 R,11.0,249,207,E,R R,11.7,200,219,F,R M,11,34,201,233,352,173,10,2,128,81,207,318,80 M,11,27,141,213,99,217,44,120,371,217,299,139,288,179,151 M,11,15,211,118,70,200,80,370,120,311,377,380,185,329,115 R,12.50,165,216,G,B R,12.8,233,264,H R,13.13,235,181,J M,12,27,23,102,368,19,358,146,53,152,368,76,364,65,377 M,12,105,353,90,256,103,195,24,387,122,250,94,123,122,91 M,12,225,372,86,84,186,124,113,255,34,237,61,378,106,19 M,12,56,81,30,215,121,80,320,102,303,354 M,12,309,88,280,2,328,55,350,72,299,323,283,382,338,329 M,12,321,22,299,315,285,382,382,248,355,337 M,13,80,26,120,375,164,144,104,154,208,345,49,21,201,331 M,13,246,342,159,364,137,185,127,384,250,55,205,62,235,389 M,13,89,178,34,109,86,328,162,372,179,352,129,384,142,279 M,13,97,340,117,204,142,230,76,49,15,302,122,227,34,44 M,13,140,45,124,6,8,24,137,175,202,120,128,166 M,13,69,67,250,55,92,97,17,67,124,138,211,35 M,13,36,78,275,62,392,317,286,112,304,323,86,376,11,379 M,13,371,85,366,390,115,319,356,313,302,79,308,386,305,195 E,137 ////// Basic chart automatically generated by CHART ver 2.12 Guy M Hurst