Nova Aquilae 1982

H. Kosai, Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, telexes that Minoru Honda, Kurashiki, has discovered a probable nova as follows: 1982 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. mv Jan. 27.85451 19 20.7 + 2 24 6-7 The observation was made on Tri-X film. Confirmation was made at the Okayama station by S. Nishimura, Y. Ando and A. Okazaki on Jan. 28.90 UT, when UBV photometry indicated differences dV = -0.5, dB = -0.4, dU = -1.3 in the sense nova minus BD +2 3877 (= SAO 124601, nominally mv ~ 8.0). A spectrogram obtained on Jan. 29.90 UT showed H-beta emission. J. Mattei, American Association of Variable Star Observers, communicates the following additional confirmations and visual magnitude estimates (with respect to BD +1 4004 = SAO 124651, mv = 7.4): Jan. 29.45 UT, 7.7 (P. Collins, Cambridge, MA); 29.56, 7.8 (J. Morgan, Prescott, AZ); 30.46, 8.1 (Collins); 30.56, 8.1 (Morgan); 31.56, 8.7 (Morgan).