Dear Colleagues, in order to permit the proper identification of this possible nova, I managed to take a CCD image, which has been kindly posted by Dr. Kato at: http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Novae/nsco01.html You can use it as reference. Regards, Gianluca -- *********************************************************************** * Gianluca Masi "Two things fill the soul * * Via Madonna de Loco, 47 with awe and reverence [...]: * * 03023 Ceccano (FR) the starry sky above me and * * ITALY the moral law within me" * * e-mail: gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it * * web: http://vsnet.eurolink.it/comets/ I. Kant * * Minor Planet Center Obs. Code: 470 - Ceccano * * Center for Backyard Astrophysics - Italy * * VSNET Collaboration Team member * * CCD-astrometry-photometry@egroup.com mailing-list moderator * ***********************************************************************