V4741 Sgr: Nova Sgr 2002 No.1

On April 15, W. Liller reported his discovery of a possible nova of 9.2mag. The object was not seen on images taken before April 13 (vsnet-campaign-nova 902, 903, 910, 911, 916, 918, 920). P. Cacella confirmed this object at V=10.1 (vsnet-campaign-nova 904, 905). H. Yamaoka reported the nearest star is a USNO star of r=16.9, which is a candidate of the progenitor of this nova (vsnet-campaign-nova 908). M. Fujii performed spectroscopy on April 18. The spectrum revealed that it is an Fe II-class nova (vsnet-campaign-nova 922). The object had been fading since its discovery (vsnet-campaign-nova 909, 912, 913). This nova has been given the permanent designation V4741 Sgr (IAUC 7882; vsnet-campaign-nova 928). T. Kato reported the object was reported to be fading rapidly (t2 ~ 9d) (vsnet-campaign-nova 929). The fading rate became more gradual in early May (vsnet-campaign-nova 931).

Other articles:
vsnet-campaign-nova 907, 917, 919, 921, 923, 925, 927, 936

Links:

Nova Images taken by P. Cacella:
 http://intermega.globo.com/cacella/NovaSGR.htm
[vsnet-campaign-nova 906]

Sequence presented by M. Morel, see [vsnet-campaign-nova 914]

Spectrum taken by M. Fujii:
 http://www1.harenet.ne.jp/~aikow/p_nova_sgr_0418.gif
[vsnet-campaign-nova 922]

VSNET special page for this object:
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Novae/nsgr02.html

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