Following the posting on the Central Bureau's Transient Object Confirmation Page about a possible Nova in Sgr (TOCP Designation: PNV J17452791-2305213) we performed some follow-up of this object remotely through 0.25-m f/3.4 reflector + CCD from MPC code H06 (Mayhill station, NM)

On our images taken on April 22.4, 2012 we can confirm the presence of an optical counterpart with unfiltered CCD magnitude 9.1 at coordinates: R.A. = 17 45 28.02, Decl.= -23 05 23.2 (equinox 2000.0; USNO-B1.0 catalogue reference stars).

According to VIZIER there is a 16.21 R1-magnitude star at 0.237 arcseconds from the transient position (USNO-B1.0 0669-0621295).

Our confirmation image:

Nova in Sgr
© Remanzacco Observatory
An animation showing a comparison between our confirmation image and the archive POSS2/UKSTU plate (R Filter - 1996) can be seen here.