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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2133      2005 Jly 26 19.20UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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NOVA SCORPII 2005 (=ASAS 174422-3416.5)
Grzegorz Pojmanski, Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory reports:
ASAS3V instrument of The All Sky Automated Survey (telephoto lens
180/2.8, diameter 65mm + CCD + Johnsons V  filter, 3 minute exposures, 
pixel size 14.8 arcsec, rms astrometric accuracy - 4 arcsec) has 
detected a possible nova in Sco at:

RA = 17h 44m 22s  DEC = -34d 16'.5 (2000)

Observations:
2005 July 23.287UT, [14; 25.284, 9.1; 26.296, 9.0; 26.311, 9.0

Light curve and images can be found on
http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/cgi-asas/asas_disc/174422-3416.5,3574

According to CBET 185, an independent discovery has also been made by 
Hideo Nishimura of Japan on two 3-sec Kodak T-Max film exposures of 2005 
July 26.565UT when the object was recorded at magnitude 8.7.

A precise position was obtained by Hasimoto and Urata on July 26.596UT:
RA 17h 44m 21.59s DEC -34 16'35.7" (2000)

Nothing is visible at this location on Sky Survey images (limiting mag 
17); the nearest USNO-A2.0 star (red mag 17.4) has position end figures 
21.987s, 35.85".

Guy M Hurst