[vsnet-alert 8492] Re: (old) Possible nova in Nor

[Taichi Kato]

Re: (old) Possible nova in Nor

   Late-time alert, but worth recording here...

From: "B Monard" <bmonard at mweb.co.za>
Subject: RE: Probable nova
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:02:35 +0200

Hi Bill,

Probably you have gotten confirmation by now.

Anyway, here are my findings re observations done on this probable nova at
CBA Pretoria

Position (2000) with reference to UCAC2 coordinates:

16 19 45.67 -51 36 07.2  / uncertainty 0.05" and 0.2" in RA and DE
respectively

Brightness measurements from filtered CCD observations:

Nova Nor05   20050320.040   8.5Rc  /  uncertainty +/- 0.15
Nova Nor05   20050320.038   9.8V  /  uncertainty +/- 0.2

The light from this apparent nova is therefore quite red/reddened.

Best regards to all,

Berto Monard
Bronberg Observatory / CBA Pretoria