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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2862      2012 Oct 21 19.41UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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THE ASTRONOMER/BAAVSS MEETING 2012 OCTOBER 13
If anyone who attended the above meeting took photographs I would much 
appreciate brief details of each picture initially so we can collect 
selected images for the TA archives. Your help would be much 
appreciated.

PNV J18523496-0018423
Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima, both of Japan report discovery of 
possible magnitude 12.6 nova in Aquila on two 40-s unfiltered CCD frames 
taken around 2012 Oct. 20.429 UT (limiting magnitude 13.8), using a 
105-mm f/4 camera lens (+SBIG STL6303E camera). The position is:
RA 18h 52m 34.96s DEC -00 18' 42.3"

They confirmed the appearance of their discovery on five 3-s unfiltered 
CCD frames taken around 2012 Oct 20.435 UT (limiting
Magnitude 18.5), using a Meade 0.40-m f/9.8 reflector (+SBIG STL1001E 
camera). Nothing is visible at this location on two past survey frames 
taken on 2012 Oct 12.470 UT(limiting mag.14.1) and 14.472 UT (limiting 
mag. 14.1) nor on 2MASS, USNO-B1.0 but  prediscovery images, mag=13.2 
were recorded on Oct. 15.428 UT (limiting magnitude 14.1 ), mag. 12.3, 
Oct. 18.434 UT (limiting magnitude 14.1 ), mag. 12.2 Oct.19.434 UT 
(limiting magnitude  14.0 ). The nearest star in USNO B1.0 has position 
end figures 34s913, 42"48, distance 0".7, magnitudes R1=19.25 I=18.09

Guy M Hurst