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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1672      2001 Aug 20 16.55UT
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
Further to the announcement on E1671, a sequence is provided below:

    RA  (2000) DEC     V
A 20h56.4m   +50 44   5.83
B 20 56.4    +49 12   5.92
C 21 15.6    +47 58   6.45
D 20 53.9    +49 32   7.03
E 21 07.3    +49 47   7.54
F 21 02.4    +49 38   7.92
G 21 02.8    +48 31   8.12
H 21 03.0    +49 02   8.57

Sequence Reference: TA010820

Magnitudes are based on Johnson V.

Patrick Schmeer, Germany comments on possible progenitors:

Astrometry by H. Abe (IAUC 7686) gave:
R.A. 21h03m02.00s   Decl. +48o45'52.9"   (J2000.0)

Within 1" of this position is the following USNO-A2.0 star:
R.A. 21h03m02.017s  Decl. +48o45'53.55"  (2000.0)  r= 18.8  b= 19.6

On the DSS image there is another mag 19 star 5" to the NNW and a
mag 20-21 star 4" to the NE of the USNO star.

If the USNO star is the progenitor then the nova would be currently
12 magnitudes brighter than at quiescence.

Giovanni Sostero, Italy, e-mails us to report his photometry
with the 0.3-m Baker camera and CCD using B, V Johnson and R,I
Cousin. The accuracy is +/- 0.03 magnitudes in each filter.

2001 August 19.84UT, V=6.66
                  B-V =+1.1
                  V-R =+0.5
                  R-I =+0.9

Guy M Hurst