AAVSO Special Notice #158
Update to Special Notice 157 -- possible nova in Centaurus
May 13, 2009
Further to Special Notice #157, L. Elenin (Moscow, Russia) used the Tzec Maun telescope at Pingelly Observatory (near Perth, Australia) to obtain astrometry of this object [V1213 Cen; Nova Cen 2009]. He confirms the existence of the object at a magnitude of V=9.69 on 2009 May 13.466 (JD 2454964.966), and provides the following coordinates accurate to 0.1": RA: 13 31 15.76 , Dec: -63 57 38.5 Photometry and spectroscopy of this object are encouraged. This object has been assigned the name "VSX J133115.7-635738" and the AUID "000-BJP-207". An AAVSO Alert Notice [Alert Notice 396] will be issued if and when the object is confirmed as a nova. This AAVSO Special Notice was prepared by M. Templeton. --------------------------------------------------- SUBMIT OBSERVATIONS TO THE AAVSO Information on submitting observations to the AAVSO may be found at: http://www.aavso.org/observing/submit/ SPECIAL NOTICE ARCHIVE AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION A Special Notice archive is available at the following URL: http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/ Subscribing and Unsubscribing may be done at the following URL: http://www.aavso.org/publications/email/