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Name
  V2944 Oph  
AAVSO UID
000-BLP-905 (1146 observations)  
Constellation
Ophiuchus Sequence
J2000.0
17 29 13.42 -18 46 13.8  (262.30592 -18.77050) Search nearby
B1950.0 17 26 17.24 -18 43 53.3
Galactic coord. 6.643 +8.576
Other names

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N OPH 15 N Oph 2015 Nova Oph 2015
PNV J17291350-1846120 USNO-A2.0 0675-19683524 USNO-B1.0 0712-0415519
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Variability type
N
Spectral type em
Mag. range
9.3 V - 18.8: B
Discoverer Y. Sakurai
Epoch
14 Apr 2015 (HJD 2457127)
Outburst 2015
Period --
Rise/eclipse dur. --
Remarks
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1 Otero, Sebastian Alberto VSP Note: 17.6 mag. star 5" to the ESE. USNO-B1.0 0712-0415519 (18th mag., listed as the possible progenitor) is 3" to the ENE of the reported position. The nova may have no known progenitor. Observations at minimum are required.
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References
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1 IAUC #9276 --
2 CBET #4086 --
3 Catalogue of Stellar Spectral Classifications (Skiff, 2009-2016) 2015CBET.4086....2A
4 U. Munari; et al., 2015, ATel #7367 2015ATel.7367....1M
5 Kato, T., 2015, vsnet-alert #18502 --
6 CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports" --
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1 Finding chart Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2015-05-10 00:16 UTC DSS image with the nova measured position and the two nearby stars.
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7 Admin, VSX 2017-12-15 13:08 UTC Spectral type from Skiff (VizieR on-line data: B/mk)
6 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2015-08-05 04:03 UTC GCVS name from IAUC #9276.
5 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2015-05-10 00:05 UTC Maximum magnitude and outburst peak epoch from AAVSO V data. Position from A. Henden astrometry.
4 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2015-04-11 23:51 UTC Maximum magnitude from ATel 7367. Outburst peak from ATel 7367 and AAVSO data.
3 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2015-04-02 21:02 UTC Type from CBET 4086. Maximum magnitude from AAVSO data.
2 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2015-03-31 09:47 UTC Type from vsnet-alert 18502.
1 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2015-03-30 20:05 UTC Initial submission.