Nova Sgr 2011 No. 2

Special Notice #237: Nova Sagittarii 2011 No. 2 = PNV J18102135-2305306 [V5588 Sgr]

March 28, 2011: We have been informed by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (Central Bureau Electronic Telegram 2679, Daniel W. E. Green, ed.) that Koichi Nishiyama, Kurume, Japan, and Fujio Kabashima, Miyaki, Japan, report their discovery of a possible nova [V5588 Sgr] at magnitude 11.7 on two unfiltered CCD frames taken around March 27.832 UT. They confirmed the object on images taken on March 27.832 UT.