From the BAA - news flash

[Greenman]

10th magnitude Nova in Perseus discovered on November 25.

Seiji Ueda (Hokkaido, Japan) reports the discovery of a transient object in Perseus at mag 10.6 on Nov 25.807 (TCP J04291884+4354232). It appears to have a large outburst amplitude of 9.2 mag and has been confirmed as a classical nova via spectroscopy by U. Munari (INAF Padova), F. Castellani, S. Dallaporta, V. Andreoli (ANS Collaboration).

There was an independent discovery by Stanislav Korotkij, Kirill Sokolovskij, and Olga Smolyankina, also at 10.6, on Nov 25.8438

20201123 <136c (Seiji Ueda)
20201123.57 <172g (ASAS-SN survey (Shappee+ 2014; Kochanek+ 2017))
20201125.37 171g (ASAS-SN survey (Shappee+ 2014; Kochanek+ 2017))
20201125.807 10.6c (Seiji Ueda; Canon EOS 6D digital camera + f/3.2 200-mm lens)
20201125.8438 10.6 (Stanislav Korotkij, Kirill Sokolovskij, and Olga Smolyankina; F=135mm f/2.0 telephoto lens and ST8300M unfiltered CCD)
20201125.913 10.2CV (Jeremy Shears, Cheshire; 28 cm SCT + Starlight Xpress H9 CCD)
20201125.938 10.4v (Gary Poyner, Birmingham; 22 cm refl, visual)
20201126.115 10.22V (Katsumi Yoshimoto; 0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD; remotely Mayhill, New Mexico)

The position of the object (noted by Seiji Ueda ) is RA 04 29 18.84 Dec +43 54 23.2 (J2000.0)

Follow up photometry and spectroscopy is encouraged.
Charts are available from the AAVSO website: https://www.aavso.org/apps/vsp/chart/?s ... &east=left

Further details and updates are available via the BAA Forum: https://britastro.org/node/25127

[Pikaia]

Approx mag 8 on the 27th, so brightening.

https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notic ... HoLk9MY61Y