[vsnet-chat 7295] Comet Barnard 2 and Nova Sgr 2006

[Seiichi Yoshida]

Dear colleagues,

Comet Barnard 2, originally discovered in 1889, was recovered on June
23 after 117 year blank.

Just before the recovery, it passed very near by Nova Sgr 2006 = V5117 Sgr
discovered in last February. The nova was observed on May 30 and June
19 recently by Kazuhiro Nakajima. No observation was reported around
the event due to the full moon.

2006 June 10  16h UT  0.273 deg ( 16.4 arcmin)
  177P/2006 M3 ( Barnard 2 )	18h00m.1  -36o42'  17.4 mag
  Nova Sgr 2006			17h58m.9  -36o48'  14.0 mag

Best regards,

--
Seiichi Yoshida
comet at aerith.net
http://www.aerith.net/