Nova Sgr 2012 No. 4

July 7, 2012:  A new, bright (V and unfiltered magnitudes 7-8) object has been independently discovered in Sagittarius by at least four observers. The IAU CBAT TOCP page identifies the object as PNV J18202726-2744263 [V5592 Sgr] and gives the earliest report (Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima) date and time of 2012 July 07.4986 UT and their magnitude 7.8 unfiltered CCD.

Coordinates: 18 20 27.26 -27 44 26.3  (2000.0)