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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2593      2009 Oct 27 12.54UT
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 2009 No. 4
Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima, Japan, report on CBET 1994 their 
discovery of an apparent magnitude 9.3 nova on two 60-s unfiltered CCD 
frames taken on 2009 Oct. 26.439 and 26.440 UT using a 105-mm f/4 camera 
lens.

They then obtained five unfiltered CCD frames (limiting mag 17.5) around 
Oct. 26.455 using a 0.40-m f/9.8 reflector, yielding mag 9.3 and the 
following position for the new star:
RA 18h 31m 32.79s DEC -16 19' 07.5" (2000).

Nothing is visible at this position on their two recent survey frames 
taken on Oct. 20.449 (limiting mag 13.9) and 21.451 (limiting mag 13.4). 
Following an appeal from the Central Bureau P. Corelli of Italy reports 
that his 10-s CCD frame taken on Oct.
26.764 with a 0.45-m f/4.4 reflector yields mag 9.3 and position end 
figures 32.79s, 07.8"; he adds that nothing is visible at this position 
on a Palomar plate (limiting mag 21.0).

The AAVSO report that finder charts may be plotted by entering the 
coordinates above into AAVSO VSP: 
http://www.aavso.org/observing/charts/vsp/

Observations should be reported to Gary Poyner and a copy can be sent, 
if you wish, to the AAVSO International Database as:
N SGR 2009#4

Guy M Hurst