Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 362, the object designated Nova Puppis
2007 (Pereira, IAU Circular #8895) has been assigned the variable star
name "V597 Pup" according to N.N. Samus, Institute of Astronomy,
Russian Academy of Sciences (Samus et al., IAU Circular #8896). Please
use "V597 Pup" and/or the AAVSO designation "0812-33" when reporting
observations to the AAVSO.
According to H. Naito and N. Tokimasa, Nishi-Harima Astronomical
Observatory, this object shows spectral signatures of an Fe II-type
nova, near maximum light (IAUC 8896).
This object is in a part of the constellation Puppis with known bright
variables (including RS Pup) in the field, and a set of relatively
bright comparison stars suitable for binocular observers are available
now. Charts may be plotted using VSP:
http://www.aavso.org/observing/charts/vsp/index.html?pickname=Nova%20Puppis%202007
Finally, we note that AAVSO Alert Notice 362 omitted the citation (Pereira
et al., IAU Circular #8895, Daniel W.E. Green, editor) in the original
posting. This has been corrected in the online version at
http://www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert362.shtml , and we regret
the omission.
This AAVSO Special Notice was prepared by Matthew Templeton.
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