[IAUC] CBET 1373: 20080514 : NO NEW VARIABLE IN CANES VENATICI

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1373
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NO NEW VARIABLE IN CANES VENATICI
     S. Benetti, M. Turatto and H. Navasardyan, Osservatorio Astronomico di
Padova, clarify the situation regarding observations made at Asiago by S.
Benatti of the presumed variable in CVn that was reported on CBET 1370.  No
new object is seen in a unfiltered image obtained on May 9.89 UT with the
1.82-m telescope (limiting mag 20-21).  However, the observer still obtained
a 45-min spectrogram of the area around the reported position, revealing no
sign of a stellar spectrum and only a faint continuum consistent with the
light coming from the visible galaxy.


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2008 May 14                      (CBET 1373)              Daniel W. E. Green