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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1919      2003 Sep 16 18.10UT
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
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V585 LYRAE
Mike Simonsen, USA, reports that he has detected a bright outburst
of V585 Lyrae, a suspected SU UMa-type dwarf nova, formerly
designated TK4 Lyrae: 
2003 Sept 12.134 <146; Sept 14.1076  13.9; 14.1243, 13.7

According to a note by Taichi Kato of the VSNET Collaboration team
the last reported outburst was on 2001 October 31, reaching mag
about 14.0.  He adds the 2001 outburst was likely a short one and
that the present brightness already surpasses the last event.

Tonny Vanmunster, CBA Belgium Observatory has reported confirmation
of the outburst on a CCD image:
2003 Sept 14.790, 14.0CR  

V475 SCUTI ( = NOVA SCUTI 2003 = POSSIBLE NOVA IN SCUTUM)
Although initial reports suggested this object's spectrum (cf TA E-
Circular 1912) was not displaying the typical characteristics of a
classical nova, further reports are now available.

On IAUC 8200, S. Siviero et.al., Asiago Observatory, write that the
spectroscopic evolution as monitored with the Asiago 1.22-m and
1.82-m telescopes, allows them to classify the object as a normal
nova.

H. Yamaoka, Japan reports his precise astrometry of this nova, from
CCD images taken on Aug 30.7UT by Berto Monard, South Africa, with
respect to the UCAC-2 reference frame:
RA 18h 49m 37.600s DEC -9 33'50.85" (2000). He adds that nothing is
visible within 2" of this position on the red 1984 Digitized Sky
Survey image or the 1999 2MASS public images.

Werner Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, reports that nothing was visible
at the position of the nova on a photograph taken with a 280-mm
f/2.8 lens on Aug. 23.9 UT (limiting mag 14).

N. N. Samus, Institute of Astronomy, Moscow, advises that V475
Scuti has been assigned as the new designation for this object.

Visual estimates: 2003 Aug 30.860UT, 9.2 (Gary Poyner, Birmingham);
Aug 30.945UT, 9.6 (Rob Januszewski, 0.10-m Masutov-Cassegrain);
Sept 1.915UT, 8.9 (Guy Hurst, Basingstoke, 15x80B); 3.922UT, 9.0
(Hurst); 4.926UT, 9.0 (Januszewski); 6.943UT, 9.0 (Januszewski);
13.874UT, 9.2 (Hurst); 14.83UT, 9.1 (Poyner, 0.22-m reflector)

Charts and sequence for this nova were issued on CSN 118 and EWC
175 but the object is currently under-observed and further reports
would be welcomed.

Guy M Hurst