[vsnet-campaign-nova 1688] Possible nova in Sgr - Confirmation

[Taichi Kato]

   Visual confirmation by Mike Linnolt:

Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:05:56 -0700
From: Michael Linnolt <linnolt at hawaii.edu>
Subject: [vsnet-alert 8534] Possible nova in Sgr - Confirmation

I visually confirm the appearance of a bright stellar object at the
approximate position indicated by Liller. I estimate it at V=8.0 using
the comps TYC 7392-1127-1 and TYC 7392-980-1 (+Bessell corrections) on
Jul 05 0630UT. The actual position appears somewhat under one arcmin NW
of the stated coordinates.

Mike Linnolt (LMK)
Woodside, CA

> Bill's message: 
> 
> At July 4.049 UT on two red photos (85mm lens + TP film + deep orange
> filter), there appears a stellar image of red magnitude 
> approximately 8.0. 
> Its position (2000) is 18h 17.9m -30d 27'.  Nothing brighter than 11.0
> appears on films taken on June 12.  This is not a known asteroid, 
> I promise
> you.  However, it is located in a crowded field and it could be 
> some other
> kind of CV.