[vsnet-alert 22120] TCP J04432130+4721280 = V392 Per nova eruption (6.2 mag)?

Mon Apr 30 01:06:42 JST 2018

V392 Persei  (UG)
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=25916

"2018 04 29.4740 UT
Yuji Nakamura, Kameyama, Mie, Japan, reports his discovery
of this TCP (mag 6.2) in Per on a CCD frame taken on
2018 Apr 29.4740 UT (limiting mag 12.5) using a 135mm
f4.0 lens. The object was not shown on a frame taken on
2018 Apr 21.4627 UT (limiting mag 12.5). There is a UG
type variable star V392 Per at this position."

Confirmation, spectroscopy, multiband photometry, and
precise astrometry are very urgently required.

Clear skies,
Patrick