A nova has been discovered in Monocerotis by S. Fujikawa (Kagawa, Japan) at mag 9.4 using a f.l.=105mm camera lens + CCD (2012 Aug 09.806 )
Position (2000.0) : RA: 06 39 38.57, Dec: 05 53 53.0.
Spectra (low and high resolution) has been taken daily by amateurs (from France, USA, Italia) gathered in a spectroscopy workshop at OHP (Haute-Provence Observatory, France)
See : http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/Nova2012Mon.html [1]
Best regards
François Teyssier
Links:
[1] http://www.astrosurf.com/aras/novae/Nova2012Mon.html
[2] http://www.aavso.org/forums/about-aavso/general-aavso-discussion