2005IAUC.8607....1S

M. Soma, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, reports the discovery by A. Takao (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan) of an apparent nova (mag 10.3) on an unfiltered CCD image taken on Sept. 30.522 UT with a 120-mm f/4 telephoto lens, the new object appearing at R.A. = 18h32m.1, Decl. = -6o43'.6 (equinox 2000.0). Nothing was present at this location on films taken by Takao during the past five years (the most recent of which was taken on Aug. 15; no limiting magnitude given). H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, writes that the new object appears at mag about 10 on ASAS-3 images taken on Sept. 28.088 and Oct. 1.025, but was not present on Sept. 24.629 (limiting mag perhaps 13); he adds that an independent discovery of the object at mag about 10.9 was made by K. Haseda (Aichi, Japan) from photographs taken with a 120-mm-focal-length f/3.5 lens on Sept. 30.417 and 30.422, the position given as R.A. = 18h32m04s, Decl. = -6o43'23". A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin report that short unfiltered CCD exposures taken on Oct. 1.393 with the Mt. John 1-m f/7.7 reflector show the new object at mag 10.0, and they provide the following precise position: R.A. = 18h32m04s.75, Decl. = -6o43'34".3 (from 111 UCAC-2 stars, mean residual 0".1 in each coordinate); comparison with a Digitized Sky Survey red plate from 1988 Aug. 10 shows no obvious precursor, though a star of red mag 17.9 lies to the east of the nova (at position end figures 04s.92, 33".4). S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, forwards the following position end figures for the nova from unfiltered CCD frames taken by K. Kadota (Ageo, Saitama, Japan) on Oct. 1.389 with a 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector: 04s.74, 35".0 (mag 9.9).