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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3113      2015 Oct 08 18.41UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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NOVA AQUILAE 2015
Koichi Itagaki, Japan reports discovery of a magnitude 12.4 nova-like object
on an unfiltered CCD frame of Oct. 5.548UT using a 0.21-m f/3.0 reflector;
Itagaki confirmed the variable on five unfiltered CCD frames taken around
Oct. 5.557 with a 0.50-m f/6 reflector. The following precise position was
obtained:
RA 19h21m50s.12 DEC +15 09'24.8" (2000).
Nothing is visible on his past survey frames, but there is no recent
available frame; his discovery image is viewable via website URL
http://tinyurl.com/pwrm9k2
The variable was designated PNV J19215012+1509248 when it was posted at the
Central Bureau's TOCP webpage.

Additional CCD magnitudes: Sept. 27.409, 10.5 (T. Kojima, Japan;
pre-discovery image obtained with a Canon EOS 60D camera + 135-mm-f.l. lens
+ Astronomik Planet Infrared Pro 742 filter); 29.451, I_c = 10.2 (Maehara;
pre-discovery image; nothing visible on V-band images taken at the same time
to limiting mag 13.1); 2.435, I_c = 10.5 (Maehara); 5.428, I_c = 10.9
(Maehara); 6.4145, V = 15.7: (K. Hirosawa, Aichi, Japan; 13-cm refractor +
SBIG ST-8XME camera; close to detection limit; communicated via Maehara);
6.4155, R_c = 13.15 (Hirosawa); 6.4162, I_c = 10.97 (Hirosawa); 6.452, 13.5
(T. Noguchi, Katori, Chiba-ken, Japan; 0.23-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
reflector; position end figures 50s.13, 25".3.

M. Fujii (Okayama, Japan) obtained low-resolution spectra on Oct. 5.598 and
6.482 UT with a 40-cm telescope.  The spectra show strong H-alpha emission
line with FWHM of about 1600 km/s.  Fe II (74) 624.8- and 645.6-nm, Fe II
(73) 730.8-nm, O I 777.3-nm, Ca II 825.1-nm (and/or Mg II 823.2-nm), O I
844.6-nm, Ca II 849.8-nm, and [O I] 630.0-nm lines are seen in emission.  C
I 711.5-nm and C II 723.5-nm emission lines may be present.
Fujii's spectra can be viewed via website URL http://tinyurl.com/qbllf74.

CBET 4147 issued 2015 October 8

CORRECTION RE E-Circular 3112
The date for this circular should have read 2015 October 4.

Guy M Hurst