[vsnet-alert 10808] Re: nova in Sgr and in APOD!

[Korotkiy Stas]

Stanislav Korotkiy (Ka-Dar obs., Moscow, Russia) confirmed an apparent 
nova in Sagittarius (mag approximately 8.4) at coordinates 
R.A.=18h22m14s, Decl.=-28d02'38" (equinox 2000.0) with accuracy +/- 2' 
(scale = 112"/pix) on APOD 2008 November 29 ( http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081129.html ). 
Yuri Beletsky (ESO, Chile) toke this photo with DSLR camera Canon EOS 400D 
and Sigma 20/1.8 lens (stopped down to 2.8) on Nov. 28.03 UT (exp=120sec, ISO=800).
 Lim mag = 9.5. 
Images of Nova Sagittarius 2008 II: http://www.astroalert.su/2008/12/03/probable-nova-sagittarius/


Hiroyuki Maehara, 
 Please,
 publish yours astrometry of the Nova in Sgr is it is necessary
 for assignment of a constant designation for a variable star!

02.12.08, 14:17, "Hiroyuki Maehara" <maehara at kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp>:

>  According to CBET 1591, W. Liller discovered an apparent nova 
> in Sgr (R.A. = 18h22m.0, Decl. =-28d03'). 
> CBET 1591 has also reported that a pair of objective-grating spectrograms 
> taken on Nov. 30.013 by W. Liller shows a very strong H-alpha emission 
> with a FWHM of ~2500km/s.
>  I obtained Ic, Rc, and V-band images of the nova.
> The brightness of the object is around V~8.8.
> object         YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag      code
> SGRnova2008-2  20081202.36281 7.56:Ic  Mhh.VSOLJ
> SGRnova2008-2  20081202.36315 7.88Rc   Mhh.VSOLJ
> SGRnova2008-2  20081202.36362 8.76:V   Mhh.VSOLJ