SIMBAD references

H. Maehara, Kwasan Observatory, Kyoto University, forwards a report from M. Fujii (Okayama, Japan) about a low-resolution spectrum (range 400-830 nm) taken on Apr. 24.77 UT with a 40-cm telescope: The variable shows a highly reddened continuum and strong H_alpha emission line; the FWHM of the H_alpha emission is about 4000 km/s. The spectrum has been posted at website URL http://otobs.org/FBO/fko/nova/pn_sgr_20100424.gif. Maehara adds that his own CCD images obtained with a 25-cm telescope around Apr. 24.75 yields the following magnitudes: Apr. 24.752, I_c = 10.21; 24.754, R_c = 12.47; 24.755, V = 15.33; the object was fainter than B = 16.9 on Apr. 24.758. Maehara notes that these features suggest that the object is a heavily reddened nova.