NOVA SAGITTARII 2003 - V4745 Sgr

 
Nova V4745 Sgr independently discovered by Nicolas J. Brown (Australia) and Minoru Yamamoto (Okazaki, Japan) - See IAUC No. 8123. The coordinates of the object are:  RA = 18h 40m 02s.57 - DEC: -33o 26' 55".5 (J2000).


May 1, 2003 observation (estimated magnitude V=9.3)
Observatory: Castanet Tolosan (France) - IAU959
Observer: Christian Buil
Instrument: 128 millimeters apochromaticTakahashi refractor + LORIS spectrograph at the spectral sample of 8 A/pixel + Audine KAF-1602E CCD (bin. 1x1)
Note: Spectral instrumental response correction and atmosphere transmission for air-mass of  4.4 correction are applied (the nova is only 13° above the horizon at the meridian).


The May 1.1, 2003 2-D spectrum of V4745 Sgr


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July 20.04, 2003 observation (magnitude 11.2)
Observatory: Pic du Midi Observatory (France)
Observers: André Rondi, Sylvain Rondi, Valérie Desnoux, Christian Buil
Instrument: 24-inch telescope + LORIS spectrograph at the spectral sample of 8 A/pixel + Audine KAF-1602E CCD (bin. 1x1)

Note: Bad seeing (i.e. very low elevation of the object).



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