Norwegian Astronomical Society - Variable Star Section
***** NOVA SAGITTARII 1999 *****
This nova was discovered by Minoru Yamamoto, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan on two photos from Apr. 25.731 UT. According to Y. and R. Kushida the object is located at R.A. = 18h07m36s.22, Decl. = -27o20'13".5 (2000.0). A low-resolution CCD spectrogram by W. Liller showed that the object was a nova. Observations from Apr. 27 indicate a magnitude of 7-8, while it was at mag. 8.6 at discovery and invisible and fainter than 11.5 on Apr. 21. [ref. IAUC 7153, IAUC 7154, vsnet-obs 20276, vsnet-obs 20278].
I have prepared a chart of Nova Sagittarii 1999, which is based on the Tycho catalogue and available via the Internet address http://www.astro.uio.no/~bgranslo/varchart.html.
Yours Sincerely,
Bjorn H. Granslo
GSC-based wide-field charts (with H/T magnitudes):
USNO-based close-up charts (with Henden & Sumner V and B-V magnitudes):
Granslo's chart
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