Marco: I agree that the decline in magnitude may be a little too slow for a nova, but I wouldn't rule a nova out. Has anyone checked the location for a known variable in the extragalactic GCVS? Regards, Doug West Marco wrote: <On a previous email you have reported the following photometry: 2001-08-16.958 R=17.9 mag 2002-08-04.013 R=17.0 mag 2002-08-17.952 R=17.1 mag 2002-08-25.859 R=18.1 mag 2002-08-26.850 R=18.0 mag The new object seems a slow variable (is already present on 2001) like a Mira but not a Nova: new variable stars aren't published by CBAT>