Nova Vul 2007

Special Notice #56: N Vul 07 [V458 Vul]

August 9, 2007: N Vul 07 (CBET 1027, AAVSO Special Notice #55) is most likely a nova [V458 Vul]; high-resolution spectra are being analyzed to confirm the object's nature. An AAVSO Alert Notice will be issued later, but the purpose of this special notice is to inform observers that:

  - N Vul 07 (19:54:24.64 +20:52:51.9 (2000.0)) has been added to the AAVSO files as 1950+20 N VUL 07.

Special Notice #55: Possible Nova in Vul [Nova Vul 2007, V458 Vul]

August 8, 2007

CBET 1027 reports that Hiroshi Abe has discovered a new bright nova [Nova Vul 2007, V458 Vul] around August 8, at coordinates

19:54:24.64 +20:52:51.9 J2000

and with brightness V=9.4mag. A possible progenitor star is visible on the POSS-I survey plates at about V=18.

This sounds like an ideal target for northern observers. You can plot the field using VSP:

obsolete link: [http://www.aavso.org/observing/charts/vsp/index.html]

2016 link: https://www.aavso.org/vsp