[AZ-Observing] Re: Fairly bright nova in Sgr
- From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:18:42 -0700
On Sun, 2015-03-15 at 12:53 -0700, Brian Skiff wrote:
> John Seach, NWS Australia, has found a likely nova
> in Sagittarius. Reported as mag 6 on March 15.6 UT
> with an unfiltered DSLR, so perhaps about 7th visually.
> The position is given as: 18 36 57 -28 55.7 (J2000).
> Seach confirms that there's a new H-alpha bright object
> at the location.
This object has now been estimated by reliable
visual observers at V mag 6.0 or slightly brighter,
and has been confirmed spectroscopically as a
galactic nova.
Astrometry of the nova, again by amateurs,
allows identification of the progenitor, which was
about mag 16 and appears in several catalogues and
imaging surveys. The precise position from the
2MASS catalogue is: 18 36 56.84 -28 55 39.8 (J2000).
\Brian
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