Electronic Telegram No. 194
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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POSSIBLE NOVA IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD
     W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports his discovery of a possible
nova located at R.A. = 1h15m.0, Dec. = -73o26' (equinox 2000.0), which
appeared at magnitude approximately 10.4 on two Tech Pan films taken
on Aug. 6.388 UT with a 0.2-m Schmidt camera.  Nothing brighter than mag
13 appears at this location on a photograph taken on Mar. 23.  The new
object is in a crowded field and near two open clusters.  L. A. G.
Monard, Pretoria, S. Africa, reports that his CCD observations obtained
around Aug. 7.84 show a new object at R.A. = 1h14m59s.92, Decl. =
-73o25'35".8 (uncertainty +/- 0".2); he measured the following magnitues
for the possible nova:  B = 12.0 +/- 0.25, V = 11.6 +/- 0.15, R = 10.8
+/- 0.15.


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2005 August 7                    (CBET 194)               Daniel W. E. Green