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Old 13-02-2015, 02:28 PM
Rob_K
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New possible nova in Scorpius, 12 Feb 2015

This came up on CBAT's Transient Objects Confirmation Page (TOCP) yesterday, mag 8.2 U. I managed to image the object last night but was unsuccessful in obtaining a spectrum due to moonlight and annoying thin cloud! I made it out mag 9.4 in the green channel of the DSLR image (~V). Good target for IIS spectroscopists!
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unco...0-3504140.html

Another possible nova (PNV) at mag 10.9 U in Sagittarius has been put up since. The object has been independently confirmed but its nature is not yet known.
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unco...4-2554343.html

Cheers -
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