[vsnet-alert 14476] Re: Possible nova in Sagittarius (PNV J17452791-2305213)

[walcom77]

Following the posting on the Central Bureau's Transient Object
Confirmation Page about a possible Nova in Sgr (TOCP Designation:
J17452791-2305213) we performed some follow-up of this object remotely
through 0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD from MPC code H06 (Mayhill
station, NM):

http://bit.ly/HXBvI6

On our images taken on April 22.4, 2012 we can confirm the presence of
an optical counterpart with unfiltered CCD magnitude 9.1 at
coordinates:

R.A. = 17 45 28.02, Decl.= -23 05 24.6

(equinox 2000.0; UCAC-3 catalogue reference stars).

According to VIZIER there is a 16.21 R1-magnitude star at 1.261
arcseconds from the transient position (USNO-B1.0 0669-0621295).


An animation showing a comparison between our confirmation image and
the archive POSS2/UKSTU plate (R Filter - 1996):

http://bit.ly/IIV8oN

Our confirmation image:

http://bit.ly/IwCYrb

With kind regards,

Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero & Nick Howes
http://remanzacco.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/comets77