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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1678      2001 Aug 28 18.26UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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NOVA SAGITTARII 2001 No. 2
Alfredo J. S. Pereira, Cabo da Roca, Portugal, reports his
visual discovery of an apparent nova (mag 7.6) on Aug. 26.866 UT
during a regular patrol with 14x100 binoculars; he did not notice
anything new during scans of the same region to m_v about 7.5-8 on
Aug. 25.95 and to m_v about 8.5 on Aug. 21.9 and 22.96.  Following
a request by the Central Bureau, C. Jacques, Belo Horizonte,
Brazil, sends the following precise position for the new star from
CCD frames taken by G. Nappi on Aug. 27.00 (mag 9.5):
R.A. = 18h24m46s.04, Decl. = -30o00'41".1 (equinox 2000.0).
A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, reports CCD position end figures 46s.06,
40".9, adding that nothing is visible at this location on the
Digitised Sky Survey image of this field.  P. M. Kilmartin,
Mt. John Observatory, University of Canterbury, reports the
Following photoelectric photometry obtained with the 0.6-m f/16
Reflector (reference stars Cousins E745 and E746; uncertainties
< 0.01 mag in all measures; airmass 1.03-1.04):  Aug. 27.339,
V = 7.46, U-B = -0.71, B-V = +0.55, V-R = +0.53, V-I = +0.99;
27.353, 7.51, -0.74, +0.56, +0.55, +1.01; 27.369, 7.58, -0.75,
+0.55, +0.56, +1.04; 27.375, 7.59, -0.76, +0.56, +0.56, +1.04.  
IAUC 7692

Guy M Hurst