[vsnet-alert 8539] Nova Sgr 2005 No.2 prediscovery images

[Grzegorz Wrochna]

"Pi of the Sky" CCD cameras (f=50mm, f/1.4, IR-cut filter)
(http://grb.fuw.edu.pl) located at Las Campanas Observatory
observed the field containing Nova Sgr 2005 No.2 (Liller)
for several nights around midnight UT with 10s exposures:

2005.07.03.0556 (1:20:08 UT) - not visible, limit 10.5 mag
2005.07.04.0243 (0:34:56 UT) - barely visible due to clouds
                                (34 min before discovery)
2005.07.04.0252 (0:36:20 UT) - 7-8 mag (through clouds)
2005.07.05.0108 (0:15:29 UT) - 7.3 mag

The images can be seen at http://grb.fuw.edu.pl/pi/var/catac.htm

M.Cwiok, K.Kwiecinska, K.Malek, L.Mankiewicz, M.Molak,
K.Nawrocki, L.W.Piotrowski, M.Sokolowski, J.Uzycki, G.Wrochna,
on behalf of "Pi of the Sky" collaboration.