2005IAUC.8612....2K

L. Kiss, University of Sydney; M. Bessel, Australian National University (ANU); and A. Retter, Pennsylvania State University, report that a low-resolution spectrogram (0.27 nm/pixel, range 550-1050 nm), taken with the ANU 2.3-m telescope (+ Double-Beam Spectrograph) at Siding Spring Observatory on Oct. 6.36 UT, shows that V476 Sct is a classical nova. Strong emission lines of hydrogen, oxygen, calcium, magnesium, carbon, and iron can be identified. The prominent H_alpha emission line has a symmetric profile with FWZI exceeding 4000 km/s. The strongest emission lines include H_alpha, the O I 777.3-, 844.6-, and 926.4-nm lines, members of the hydrogen Paschen series, the infrared Ca triplet, and the C I 940.6-nm line, all with FWZI > 2000 km/s. The overall spectral appearance is similar to that of V443 Sct (N Sct 1989), two weeks after its maximum (Williams et al. 1991, Ap.J. 376, 721).