Hello, A single visual observation below, under bright gibbous moon: Mus ASASSN-22hw 20220611.445UT 102 WPX Bright Moon Peter Williams Heathcote NSW 20x80mm binoculars -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Schmeer via vsnet-alert [mailto:vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp] Sent: Saturday, 11 June 2022 5:08 AM To: vsnet-alert@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp; vsnet-newvar@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp; cvnet-outburst@groups.io; baavss-alert@groups.io Subject: [vsnet-alert 26818] ASASSN-22hw: likely a Galactic nova (mag. 9, in Musca) ASASSN-22hw = AT 2022mmp (N:) https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=2227493 Transient Name Server (TNS): https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022mmp Recent ASAS-SN Sky Patrol (Shappee et al. 2014ApJ...788...48S and Kochanek et al. 2017PASP..129j4502K) light curve and data: https://asas-sn.osu.edu/sky-patrol/coordinate/5e2d668b-e59c-4b33-b0c7-5e4f1f... Spectroscopy and multiband photometry are urgently required. Clear skies, Patrick