[vsnet-alert 15824] Re: [VSS] Old nova V841 Oph

[Peter Nelson]

I can confirm this old nova is bright.

V=13.49  12:00 UT 130610

Clouded before I could get B mags.

Peter Nelson
Ellinbank Observatory.

On 10/06/2013, at 3:06 PM, Rob Kaufman <rob.kau at gmail.com> wrote:

> A vsnet_alert has been put up on old nova V841 Oph, with an observer reporting brightening by nearly two magnitudes from its quiescent state.  This nova was discovered in outburst in 1848 by J R Hind.  Maximum brightness observed was 4.3.
> http://ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mailarchive/vsnet-alert/15820
> http://www.aavso.org/lcotw/v841-ophiuchi
> 
> Co-ords are: RA 16 59 30.37, Dec -12 53 27.2 (J2000)
> 
> Confirmation is urgently sought.  Cloudy here... 
> 
> Rob Kaufman
> Bright, Vic, Australia
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