Possible Bright Nova in Delphinus

Clear skies ??? get out there and look up. Possible Bright Nova in Delphinus: Following the posting on the Central Bureau's Transient Object C... New Nova #astronomy Discovery by amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki
Via Martin McKenna

Deirdre Kelleghan
Vice Chair IFAS

Maps et cetra here Universe Today on the New NOVA

Best of luck with clear skies
Deirdre Kelleghan
Vice Chair IFAS

It's being reported as being as bright as magnitude 5.4 at the moment Deirdre, hopefully skies will clear tonight.

It's not too often we get to see a nova this reasonably bright !

Keith..

This is too good to be true. I must get out the apo to find it the next clear night. It appears to be easy to find by using Sagitta. This constellation seems to point to the Nova in an easterly direction. Double star Theta Sagittae is very nearby also.

Aubrey.

Yes Aubrey, reasonably easy to find, a chart can be got here:

www.aavso.org/comparison-star-chart-nova-del-2013

Just gearing up now for the cloud to clear as hunting these is my thing

Keith.

Shot taken at 2306UT August 15th, I estimate it now at magnitude 4.8, it's still rising and easy to see naked eye now.

Let's see if it gets even brighter, there is a discussion over at the AAVSO as to see whether it will get brighter.

www.flickr.com/photos/79652716@N00/9518001289/lightbox/

Keith.