2008CBET.1497....2S

G. Sostero, E. Guido, and P. Camilleri obtained "LBVRI" CCD images during Sept. 2.4-2.5 UT remotely with a 0.3-m f/6 reflector at Trunkey, NSW, Australia, yielding position end figures 02s.54, 20".0 and the following magnitudes (uncertainty about 0.05 mag) for the variable: Sept. 2.39, B = 9.54, V = 8.63, R = 8.03, I = 7.42; Sept. 2.46, B = 9.69, V = 8.70, R = 8.10, I = 7.60. Comparison with a Palomar Sky Survey plate from 1991 July 17 (limiting red mag around 20) and an infrared plate from 1981 Mar. 2 shows the presence near position of an extremely faint optical counterpart (position end figures 02s.46, 20".2 and mag about 19.5) at the detection limit of the plates; the star field is extremely crowded, and limiting magnitude is difficult to establish. Sostero et al. have posted an image of the possible nova at the following website URL: http://tinyurl.com/5mcxrs.