Electronic Telegram No. 1327 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html POSSIBLE NOVA IN TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE Nicholas J. Brown, Quinns Rocks, Western Australia, reports his discovery of a possible nova (mag 9.2) on two T-Max 400 films taken on Apr. 1.73 UT with a 135-mm f/2 camera lens; the variable is located approximately at R.A. = 16h18m47s, Decl. = -60o27'57" (equinox 2000.0; uncertainty estimated as about 10"); a precise position is urgently needed. Brown adds that no star is visible at this position on his film from Mar. 16.76 (limiting mag 11.5), and nothing is visible to mag about 14 in this position on the Digitized Sky Survey. A catalogued star of mag 13.5-14.0 is visible to the northwest of the variable. Brown's visual observation of the variable on Apr. 2.74 yields mag approximately 9.0; he also provides visual mag 10.1 on Apr. 4.695. Following posting on the Central Bureau's unconfirmed-objects webpage, A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, reports the following visual magnitude estimates for the variable: Apr. 3.158 UT, 9.3; 4.097, 9.9. W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports that a Technical Pan photo (limiting mag about 11.0) taken with an 85-mm camera lens on Mar. 31.33 through an orange filter shows a faint but definite image of the possible nova at approximate magnitude 10.5; nothing brighter than about magnitude 11 appears on a photo taken on Mar. 15. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2008 CBAT 2008 April 4 (CBET 1327) Daniel W. E. Green