Nova Sgr 1999

The following was posted to the VSNET distribution on 28 April 1999:

 
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:39:22 -0400
From: "Howard H. Lanning" 
To: vsnet-alert@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Subject: [vsnet-alert 2900] SGRnova1999:  examination of Sandage survey plate
 
  SGRnova1999:
 
I have examined the B,UV survey plate from the Sandage Two-color Survey
of the Galactic Plane which is coincident with SGRnova1999.  Using the
CCDV image of the nova and field stars obtained by R. Zissell as a guide
(provided by the AAVSO), no image at the position of the nova was detectable.
Plates in this survey typically extend to a limiting magnitude of B~20.  The
plate coincident with the reported nova position was taken with the Palomar
48-in (1.2m) Oschin Schmidt telescope on 27 June 1970.  Additionally, no
sources exhibiting an excess in U-B were noted within a radius of 2.5 arcmin 
of the nova.
 
    Additional information regarding the Sandage survey may be found at
the WWW site devoted to the survey, cf.
 
            http://www.stsci.edu/~lanning/index.html
 
 
                          Howard Lanning
                          CSC/STScI

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