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IAUC 8895 (2007 Nov. 14)
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Alfredo Jose Serra Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, reports his
discovery of an apparent nova (mag 7.0) during his regular visual
patrol on Nov. 14.23 UT with 14x100 binoculars, the position given
as R.A. = 8h16m.2, Decl. = -34o15' (equinox 2000.0); he had nova-
hunted for 625.85 hr since his discovery of the 2001 nova V4740 Sgr
(cf. IAUC 7706). Pereira adds that nothing was detected at this
position in his visual searches during Nov. 6.23, 7.22, 8.23, 10.23,
and 11.22 down to mag about 8; additional monitoring during Nov.
14.243-14.256 also yielded mag 7.0. Following requests by the
Central Bureau, CCD astrometry for the variable has been reported
by J. E. McGaha (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 0.62-m f/5.1 reflector) and by
J. Young and H. Rhoades (Table Mountain 0.61-m f/16 Cassegrain
reflector). From his 1-s exposure on Nov. 14.411, McGaha measures
R.A. = 8h16m18s.01, Decl. = -34o15'24".1, red mag 6.5 (USNO-A2.0
reference-star catalogue). From four exposures "in surprisingly
good seeing for the low altitude" on Nov. 14.47-14.48, Young
measures average position end figures 17s.99, 25".0, mag 6.7 in a
red filter (USNO-B1.0 reference-star catalogue); Young also
estimated visual mag 6.4 at this time. Young adds that comparison
with a red image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows only an
extremely faint star (mag about 20) at the same spot as the
apparent nova (located in a fairly empty area surround by "a busy
star field").