2005IAUC.8483....1N

S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, reports the discovery by Hideo Nishimura (Kakegawa, Shizuoka-ken, Japan) of a possible nova (mag 9.7) on two films taken on Feb. 10.85 UT using a Pentax 6x7 camera (+ 200-mm f/4.0 lens + Kodak T-Max 400 film; limiting mag 11). Nishimura provided the following semi-accurate position: R.A. = 20h09m19s, Decl. = +39o48'49" (equinox 2000.0), adding that nothing was visible at this position on his patrol films back to 2001 Oct. 21 (including one taken on 2005 Feb. 6 with limiting mag 11). S. Wakuda (Yuto, Shizuoka-ken, Japan) provides position end figures 19s.05, 52".9 (average of eight measurements) from a CCD image taken on Feb. 11.841 (the new object being at mag 9.3). K. Kadota (Ageo, Saitama-ken, Japan) provides position end figures 19s.09, 52".2 from an unfiltered image taken with a 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector on Feb. 11.761 (the object at mag 8.9). The nearest object in the USNO-A2.0 catalogue lies 14" to the southeast (and has red mag 16.4).