2003IAUC.8190....1N

S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan; and H. Sato, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), report the discovery of a possible nova by Hideo Nishimura (Kakegawa, Shizuoka-ken, Japan) on T-Max films taken on Aug. 28.58 (mag 8.5) and 29.436 UT (mag about 8.4) with a Pentax 200-mm f/4.0 lens, the position given as R.A. = 18h49m38s, Decl. = -9o33'45" (equinox 2000.0). T. Nakamura, NAOJ, reports the following mean precise position end figures by S. Wakuda (Hamamatsu, Japan) from six CCD images (0.25-m f/5.1 reflector, Aug. 29.354, V = 9.5): 37s.62, 50".3. H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, reports that ASAS-3 images show an object at position end figures 37s.7, 53" with the following V magnitudes: Aug. 24.105, [14.0; 26.096, 10.15; 28.096, 8.94. Yamaoka adds that a USNO-A2.0 star of red mag 16.4 and blue mag 17.2 has position end figures 37s.684, 53".76; this star is also present in the GSC-2.2 and USNO-B1.0 catalogues, and a 2MASS star (J = 14.32, K = 13.82) has position end figures 37s.70, 54".1. Visual magnitude estimate by A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia: Aug. 30.461, 9.3.