by Joe Stieber » Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:18 am
One should be careful about calling this object "Nova Sagittarius 2016" (beyond quibbling about not using the genitive, Sagittarii). On October 20, 2016, the nova
TCP J18102829-2729590 was also discovered in Sagittarius. It reached a relatively bright nominal 8th magnitude and was just 2.5 degrees from the subject nova, PNV J18205200-2822100, which was discovered on October 25, 2016. They would be the second or third, or third and fourth, novae discovered in Sagittarius this year (there is one earlier discovery that is still unsettled,
it would be the first if confirmed). So, the subject nova would ultimately become Nova Sagittarii 2016 No. 3 (or No. 4). Whew!
One should be careful about calling this object "Nova Sagittarius 2016" (beyond quibbling about not using the genitive, Sagittarii). On October 20, 2016, the nova [url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/new-bright-nova-in-sagittarius/]TCP J18102829-2729590[/url] was also discovered in Sagittarius. It reached a relatively bright nominal 8th magnitude and was just 2.5 degrees from the subject nova, PNV J18205200-2822100, which was discovered on October 25, 2016. They would be the second or third, or third and fourth, novae discovered in Sagittarius this year (there is one earlier discovery that is still unsettled, [url=http://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Koji.Mukai/novae/novae.html]it would be the first if confirmed[/url]). So, the subject nova would ultimately become Nova Sagittarii 2016 No. 3 (or No. 4). Whew!