Following the posting on the Central Bureau's Transient Object Confirmation Page about a possible Nova in Oph (TOCP Designation: PNV J17260708-2551454) we performed some follow-up of this object remotely through the 0.10-m f/5 reflector + CCD from MPC code H06 (Mayhill station, NM) of iTelescope network.

On our images taken on 2012, March 27.5 we can confirm the presence of an optical counterpart with unfiltered CCD magnitude 10.9 at coordinates:

R.A. = 17 26 07.02, Decl.= -25 51 42.1 (equinox 2000.0; USNO-B1.0 catalog reference stars).

Our confirmation image:

Nova in Ophiuchus
© Remanzacco Observatory
You can see an animation showing a comparison between our confirmation image and the archive POSS2/UKSTU plate (R Filter - 1997).