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PNV J18202184+0711091

PNV J18202184+0711091   2018 04 22.9865*  18 20 21.84 +07 11 09.1  11.7 R             Oph       9 0

2018 04 22.9865

Object found on two consecutive 60s exposures with 300mm, f/4 lens + CCD + R filter under the limiting magnitude 14.3. Nothing is visible at this position on a series of frames, taken with the same setup on 32 nights during Feb. - Oct 2017. There is a faint stellar object at this position on several Digitized Sky Survey red and blue images from the Palomar Sky Survey. H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

2018 04 22.9865

Image http://www.observatorij.org/vstars/PNV20180422/PNVJ18202184+0711091.jpg

2018 04 23.33

"Re-discovery" of the X-ray nova ASASSN-18ey = MAXI J1820+070, which is 2.4" away from the transient's reported position: https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=608515 --- Patrick Schmeer (Saarbrücken-Bischmisheim, Germany)