[vsnet-alert 23552] PNV J17370958-3510211: possible nova (10.3 mag) in Scorpius

[Patrick Schmeer pasc1312-aavso@yahoo.de via vsnet-alert]

PNV J17370958-3510211 (N:)
 
Discovery details:
R.A. 17h37m09.53s, Decl. -35°10'23.4" (J2000.0)
2019 Sept. 15.4247 UT, 11.0 mag (CCD, unfiltered);
2019 Sept. 15.44016 UT, 10.3 mag (CCD, unfiltered?)
Discoverer: Koichi Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan)
 
CCD image by Itagaki-san: http://k-itagaki.jp/PN-Sco.jpg
 
2019 09 14.1370 UT
The brightening is confirmed by the following ASAS-SN Sky Patrol
(Shappee et al. 2014ApJ...788...48S and Kochanek et al. 2017 PASP
..129j4502K) observations (g-band magnitudes): 2019 Sept. 12.145 UT,
[15.8; 13.138, [14.6; 14.137, 13.4; 14.884, 13.1; light curves at
https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/d5695d80-a6ae-40ce-aad0-6a57126f8c0c
https://asas-sn.osu.edu/light_curves/a7173007-3364-42a7-9e4d-f82b5fdd09fe
--- Patrick Schmeer (Saarbrücken-Bischmisheim, Germany)
 
http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J17370958-3510211.html
 
Spectroscopy and multiband photometry are urgently required.
 
Clear skies,
Patrick