COMMISSION 27 OF THE I. A. U.
          INFORMATION BULLETIN ON VARIABLE STARS
                      Number 3114


                                     Konkoly Observatory
                                     Budapest
                                     2 December 1987

                                     HU ISSN 0374-0676



         ADDITIONAL REMARK ON SOLOVYOV'S SO-CALLED
                    NOVA AQUILAE 1949




  Schaefer (1987) recently reminded the owners of plate collections on
Solovyov's (1949) forgotten announcement of a possible nova in Aquila,
  Solovyov's plate was of 2 May 1949 21h42.0m UT. In the Sonneberg collection
there is a patrol plate, taken on the same night by H. Huth on 3 May 1949
0h50m - 1h30m UT, which shows no trace of a star at the given position.
Because the time of exposure is about 3.5h later than that of the discovery
plate and since our limiting magnitude is not better than 11.5 mag, our negative
observation can only intensify the statement that no confirmation of Solovyov's
finding exists.





                             W. WENZEL


                         Sternwarte Sonneberg
                     Zentralinstitut fur Astrophysik
                     der Akademie der Wissenschaften
                              der DDR





References:
Schaefer, B.E., 1987, Inf. Bull. Variable Stars, No. 3082.
Solovyov, A.V., 1949, Astron. Tsirk. Nos 87 and 88.