Circular No. 7208

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Nova in NGC 6822

J. Y. King and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (cf. IAUC 6627, 7126) with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT), report the discovery of an apparent nova in NGC 6822, a dwarf irregular galaxy that is probably in the Local Group. The nova was discovered on unfiltered images taken on June 23.40 and 23.44 UT (mag about 17.3) and confirmed by an observation made on June 24.38 (mag about 17.0). The new object is located at R.A. = 19h45m00s.31, Decl. = -14o50'10".3 (equinox 2000.0). A KAIT image of the same field on June 19.4 UT (limiting magnitude about 18.5) showed nothing at the position of the nova. A finding chart for the nova can be found at the URL http://astron.berkeley.edu/~bait/n6822.gif.

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