On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, GMA wrote:
:
:Ahh, Acer, are you saying you saw the Nova? And it was extrememly
:bright? Err, it's a 6th magnitude star. At the limit of human
:visibility on a reasonably dark nite. You sure you weren't looking east
:at Jupiter?
:
:A naked-eye nova at sunset would be quite a sight, but I don't think
:this is it.
Well, it was in the west, low in the horizon, and I normally look there
for Mercury or Mars (not sure which; never saw anything), and it's up to
4.5 or 3.5 est. from when it was first discovered Dec. 1. No, I know
Jupiter/Saturn, those are in the east at that time, so it wasn't that.
/AV
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