Possible Nova in Pup: prediscovery observations by Takamizawa Kesao Takamizawa (Nagano, Japan) reports the following prediscovery observations on his patrol films. Takamizawa reports that the object was not recorded on 22 films (limiting magnitude 14) between 1994 March 14 and 1999 December 3. Takamizawa reports the presence of a close companion of 14.5 mag. object YYYYMMDD(UT) mag code PUPnova2000 19991203.790 <140p Tmz.VSOLJ PUPnova2000 20001128.703 86p Tmz.VSOLJ PUPnova2000 20001222.578 88p Tmz.VSOLJ Observer's code: Tmz: K.Takamizawa (Saku-machi,Nagano,Japan) SASS (Saku All Sky Survey) Inst.: 10cmR F4 twin patrol cameras T-Max400 120