THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 776 1993 Sept 22 18.36UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 TELEX: 9312111261 Answerback: TA G TELECOM GOLD: 10074:MIK2885 GMH at UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.STARLINK.ASTROPHYSICS STARLINK: RLSAC::GMH GMH at UK.AC.CAM.ASTRONOMY.STARLINK STARLINK: CAVAD::GMH ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVA SAGITTARII 1993 M. Della Valle, European Southern Observatory; and S. Cristiani and C. Lissandrini, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita di Padova, report: "Analysis of spectrograms (range 370-900 nm, resolution about 0.8-3 nm), obtained on Sept. 16.97 UT with the ESO/MPI 2.2-m telescope (+ EFOSC2) at La Silla, confirms this object (cf. E775) as being a nova, caught a few days past maximum. P. M. Kilmartin reports the following precise position from an exposure obtained by A. C. Gilmore at Mt. John University Observatory on Sept. 17.338 UT: R.A. = 18h09m38s.40, Decl. = -29 29'54".0 (1950.0).(IAUC 5863) A preliminary E-chart and sequence follow: \\\\\\N Sgr 93 b Found by Sugano/Liller S,120,30,S -C,18.2139,-29.4847,2000 P,18h 09.6m -29 30' (1950) O,60,59,7.9,? -L,R,Nova -T,Nova PEP Geneva/GSC/AAVSO -S,N/025.01 R,7.7,39,70,A R,7.8,14,92,B R,8.7,88,66,C R,9.1,49,59,D R,9.7,55,66,E R,10.3,117,68,F R,10.9,112,84,G M,7,118,100 M,8,21,110,20,78,46,5 M,9,95,108,84,105,73,45,106,66,67,85,103,33,90,28 M,9,69,54,28,28,33,113,20,86,50,45,45,104 M,9,24,9,32,104, M,10,116,86,78,75,70,106,75,106,90,48,110,114,90,54 M,10,105,97,106,26,73,45,105,67,80,29,72,97 M,10,68,42,56,114,102,40,92,22,90,1,83,45,55,62 M,10,93,3,116,76,67,4,98,9,113,10,33,13 M,10,40,26,29,17,7,112,38,104,58,60,27,104,61,39 M,10,19,62,39,106,49,98 M,11,106,90,103,14,117,42,58,49,86,32,105,70 M,11,79,28,95,67,102,47,106,116,111,69,65,109,80,80 M,11,117,31,97,86,79,96,98,40,58,89,64,52,118,24 M,11,104,83,118,95,75,104,77,13,84,64,111,101,87,101 M,11,56,108,87,47,91,25,90,23,92,58,71,108,68,39 M,11,99,32,79,92,111,24,73,49,98,96,108,53,67,116 M,11,72,79,91,87,71,20,69,32,116,91,97,79,104,106 M,11,99,102,67,112,102,102,89,5,102,39,81,28,102,49 M,11,97,54,88,87,117,18,91,83,109,107,66,117,60,43 M,11,111,68,60,61,93,6,55,70,93,11,83,10,76,10 M,11,53,40,18,67,1,39,11,73,49,69,25,21,52,71 M,11,20,105,51,111,16,22,18,61,5,9,50,73,44,63 M,11,50,41,27,31,2,103,12,20,15,95,9,69,20,92 M,11,44,89,35,54,14,43,14,18,35,37,36,110,43,21 M,11,51,71,8,112,20,75,4,13,33,52,31,34,15,60 M,11,34,102,37,74,7,115,24,60,14,114,27,74,9,39 M,11,54,40,52,91,32,46,24,42,9,33,50,46,26,83 M,11,41,60,36,100,45,18,106,117,23,2,12,8,49,48 M,11,13,65,32,25,41,22,4,94,33,69,2,3,23,99 M,11,44,90,28,6,53,119,44,6 E,199 ////// Basic chart automatically generated by GSC2FIND ver 1.4