2005IAUC.8635....2W

F. M. Walter, Stony Brook University; A. Pasten, Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO); and H. E. Bond, Space Telescope Science Institute, report that a low-resolution spectrogram (range 610-950 nm; resolution 0.86 nm) of Liller's new object, obtained on Nov. 28.28 UT with the SMARTS/CTIO 1.5-m telescope (+ RC spectrograph), shows strong H_alpha emission (equivalent width -4.1 nm). O I 777.4- and 814.6-nm lines show P-Cyg profiles, and the Ca II infrared triplet is seen in emission. The new object thus appears to be a classical nova near maximum.