[vsnet-alert 8542] Nova Sgr 2005 No.2 spectrum (Liller)

[Taichi Kato]

Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 10:34:34 -0400
From: "W.Liller" <wliller at compuserve.com>
Subject: N Sgr 05 spectrum

Hola everyone -

Last night at July 5.085 UT, the magnitude of the new N Sgr 05 as measured
with a CCD and no filter was 7.15 (compared to the V=3D7.80 star HD 167441). 

A spectrum taken at July 5.099 UT shows H_alpha to have a peak at about 2.1
times the brightness of the nearby continuum.  Its FWHM is approximately
970 km/s, while the expansion velocity derived from the sharp P-Cyg line
is approximately 1300 km/s.

So it seems that the nova was caught early and is still brightening.  More
observations urged !

All the best,  Bill Liller