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RECENT NEWS
May 03, 2008:
Nova Sgr 2008 = V5579 Sgr
15 days after discovery announcements and spectra are
taken, the GCVS finally assigns a variable star designation to Nova Sgr 2008.
April 25, 2008:
Nova Sgr 2008
K. Mishiyama & F. Kabashima (Japan) report a 'possible' Nova
of magnitude 8.4 in Sgr detected on two 30-second unfiltered CCD images on Apr 18.784. A spectrum was obtained by Nemeth,
Vennes & Kawka with the 0.8-m telescope at FIT on Apr 19, and showed the Nova to be in it's pre-maximum phase. The Nova continued to brighten to magnitude 6.5 by Apr 23.09 (Amorin).
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