* Astronomy

Nova Mus 2008 = QY Muscae

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W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports his discovery of an apparent nova (mag approximately 8.6) on a pair of Technical Pan photographs taken on Sept. 28.998 UT with a 85-mm camera lens (+ orange filter). The new object is located at R.A. = 13h16m30s, Decl. = -67°37'.0 (equinox 2000.0); additional magnitudes from Liller: Sept. 15.023, [11.5; Oct. 4.032, 8.9. Liller adds that a weak spectrogram taken on Oct. 4.015 with a Schmidt camera of focal length 300 mm (+ orange filter + Technical Pan film + 100-mm x 100- mm transmission grating with 75 grooves/mm) shows a single broad emission line at the expected position of H_alpha (width at least approximately 230 nm). V. Tabur, Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory, reports that his unfiltered CCD images, taken with an intentionally significantly defocused Nikon ED 77-mm-aperture f/2.8 camera lens (+ SBIG ST8XE CCD camera) yields the following position (estimated uncertainty ± 4") for the apparent nova:
R.A. = 13h16m36s.22, Decl. = -67°36'50".7; while the variable is involved with a nearby star due to the defocused images,

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