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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 990       1995 Aug 26 22.44UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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NOVA CASSIOPEIAE 1995
K. Hirosawa, Inazawa, Aichi, reports the discovery by Minoru
Yamamoto, Okazaki, Aichi, of a possible nova on Aug. 24 at
R.A. = 1h05m.1, Decl. = +54d02' (equinox 2000.0).  S. Nakano,
Sumoto, communicates the following precise position, obtained on
Aug. 26 by T. Kojima: R.A. = 1h05m05s.37, Decl. = +54d00'40".5
(equinox 2000.0, GSC).  Hirosawa also communicates positions
obtained on Aug. 26 by M. Iida (end figures 05s.66, 42".5) and by
A. Sugie (end figures 05s.35, 40".0).  Magnitude estimates:
July 24, [10 (Yamamoto); Aug. 24.57 UT, 9.2 (Yamamoto, 200-mm f/4.0
lens and PO0 filter, T-Max 400 film); 26.58, 9.0 (Iida, Nagano,
0.16-m reflector + CCD, no filter); 26.62, 9.3 (S. Takahashi,
0.15-m refractor, visual); 26.62, 9.2 (Kojima, Chiyoda, 0.25-m f/6
reflector + CCD, V filter); 26.65, 9.37 (Sugie, Dynic, 0.6-m
reflector + CCD, no filter).  G. V. Williams, Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, has identified the probable precursor on
the Digital Sky Survey (epoch 1954.752, Palomar red plate,
mag 18-19) at end figures 05s.40, 40".6 (11 GSC reference stars,
rms residual 0".3).
IAUC 6213

Other visual estimates:
1995 Aug 26.892UT, 9.2 (Guy Hurst, Basingstoke, England 0.26-m
reflector); 26.943UT, 9.3 (Gary Poyner, Birmingham, England
0.40-m refl.).
In response to an alert from the Editor, Mike Collins, Everton,
Bedfordshire, England reports that he has found pre-discovery
images on UK Nova Patrol films of 1995 Aug. 22.9625UT and
22.9730UT. The photos, on Kodak 2415 unhypered, show the new
object at 9.0.

Guy M Hurst