Special Notice #247: Possible Nova in Lupus
Possible Nova in Lupus
August 7, 2011
Nick Brown in vsnet-alert 13560 posts about a possible new nova from his photographic survey:
"The star appears at mag 10.2 photographic, on 2 films taken on August 4.73UT using a 135F2 cannon lens and tmax 400 film.unfiltered. No object is present on film taken on july 5.85UT down to 11.7pg. No previous variable stars are reported at this near position."
The coordinates are: 14 54 20 -55 05 03 J2000