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