Electronic Telegram No. 1995 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 NOVA SAGITTARII 2009 No. 4 K. Kinugasa, S. Honda, O. Hashimoto, H. Taguchi and H. Takahashi, Gunma Astronomical Observatory (GAO), write that a low-resolution spectrum (range 420-800 nm; resolution 1.0 nm), obtained with the GAO 1.5-m telescope (+ GLOWS) on Oct. 27.4 UT, confirms that the object announced on CBET 1994 is a nova, showing H_alpha emission (FWHM about 600 km/s) with a P-Cyg profile, its absorption minimum being blue-shifted by 900 km/s with respect to the emission peak. Fe II (multiplet 42) lines also have P-Cyg profiles. H. Maehara, Kwasan Observatory, Kyoto University, writes that a low- resolution optical spectrum (range 400-800 nm, R about 200) of this nova was obtained on Oct. 27.42 UT with the 25-cm telescope of the Kwasan Observatory. The spectrum shows an H_alpha emission line that suggests this object is a classical nova. CCD images of the nova yield following magnitudes: Oct. 27.460, I_c = 8.66; 27.461, R_c = 9.29; 27.461, V = 9.90; 27.463, B = 11.06. E. Guido and G. Sostero report that they obtained unfiltered CCD images on Oct. 27.09 remotely with a 0.25-m f/3.4 reflector at the GRAS Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A., yielding mag about 9.0 and position end figures 32s.81, 07".5 for the nova (USNO-B1-catalogue reference stars); they posted their image of the variable at website URL http://bit.ly/mcYVl. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2009 CBAT 2009 October 27 (CBET 1995) Daniel W. E. Green