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Reports from Geisei Observatory <July 30, 2003>


• Probable nova or variable star in Ophiuchus
I captured a probable nova or variable star in Ophiuchus using an e21cm telescope. It was exposed for 3 minutes starting at 20:20. The object is at the tip of the arrow. A magnitude estimate obtained from a photograph on Max film is approximately 9.7.
The Milky Way was visible beautifully down to low altitudes in the southern sky tonight, but in the evening many clouds drifted over.

----Correction---
A further investigation has revealed the star at the tip of the yellow arrow (not the white arrow) is the object in question.


A probable nova or variable star in Ophiuchus
July 30, 2003
3-minute exposure from 20:20
ε210 telescope



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