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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1671      2001 Aug 19 20.50UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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NOVA CYGNI 2001 No. 2
A. Nakamura, Kume, Ehime, Japan, reports the discovery by Akihiko
Tago (Tsuyama, Okayama) of an apparent nova (mag 8.8) on two
T-Max 400 films taken on Aug. 18.599 and 18.603 UT with an
unfiltered 105-mm f/4 camera lens.  Tago adds that nothing is
visible at this position on his films taken on Aug. 15.62, 16.64,
and 17.64 (limiting mag 12.0).  H. Abe (Yatsuka, Shimane) measured
the following accurate position and magnitude from five unfiltered
CCD frames taken with a 0.26-m f/6 reflector on Aug. 19.6 UT:
R.A. = 21h03m02s.00, Decl. = +48o45'52".9 (2000), mag 6.6.

K. Ayani, Bisei Astronomical Observatory (BAO), reports that a
spectrum (range 460-680 nm; resolution 0.6 nm at H-alpha), obtained
on Aug. 19.57 UT with BAO 1.01-m telescope, shows emission lines of
H-alpha and H-beta, both showing deep P-Cyg absorption:  "The FWHM
of the H-alpha emission profile is about 1400 km/s, and the minimum
of H-alpha P-Cyg absorption has a blueshift of 1700 km/s with
respect to the emission peak.  These features suggest that this is
a nova."
IAUC 7686

Guy M Hurst