tomtac | naked eye astronomy: Nova in skies, visible with binoculars and naked eyes

There is what seems to be a naked eye nova to the upper left of Altair, discovered Wednesday. (That is, it is 6th magnitude, a report says it actually is 5th, and now it is reported 4.9 -- nova stars go through an initial brightening phase.)

(6th is the faintest visible to naked eyes, lower numbers means brighter.)

UPDATE: (Also added as comment below)

Thanks, all, for the pointers to other maps and charts. While yesterday was complete cloud cover all day, it started breaking just before sunset, and around 10 pm I did get several good looks at the nova. Binoculars did pierce the thinner cloud layers, and then I could pick out the Delphinus and Sagitta stars (and the nova) with my eyes alone.

The Sky&Telescope page ( http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/Bright-Nova-in-Delphinus-219631281.html ) reports that it had peaked somewhere between 4.4 and 4.5 sometime during the day, and by my look at 10 pm it was back down to around 4.8 .

According to Wikipedia's "List of Novas" page, this is the third (magnitude 4 or better) nova this century. While I had thought of this as a once-in-a-lifetime event, I am now looking forward to the next one.

Thanks again!

From Sky&Telescope:

Bright-Nova-in-Delphinus (near Cygnus the Swan)