Re: [vsnet-chat 2871] CI Aql classification > How can we interpret the behavior of CI Aql? > Slow recurrent nova like T Pyx? > Fast recurrent nova that reached a maximum brightness of about > mag 6-7 in mid-April? > X-ray nova still undetected by X-ray observatories (maybe like > XTE J1118+480)? > Classical nova extremely close to CI Aql? ;-) The spectra we obtained (and others already announced in vsnet-alert) are very similar to those of classical novae (e.g. unlike that of U Sco). However, I wonder why this object had been dropped from the UK "Recurrent Object Programme" -- when I saw the list in 1998, the object was definitely in there. Are there any prediscovery observations by ROTSE and/or TASS cameras? Regards, Taichi Kato