The following line can be inserted in RA sorted position into
galnovae.dat for the newest nova in Puppis.

N Pup 2007/2 2007 07 05 42.7 -38 14 42 11.4
V N A.M.Read et al,
M.A.P.Torres et al

It'll get wordwrapped, use the previous columns to get it lined up
properly.

The references are ATEL 1282 and 1285.

There's several points to be noted on this one.

First, the position is preliminary. Some comment has been made re
association with a nearby USNO star as progenitor that lies within the
xray error box, but no astrometry of the nova itself has appeared as
yet, so there is no way to confirm this.

The 11.4 V mag I've placed in the "discovery mag" column, but this
nova is apparently already well past maximum, yet the first reported
mag measures are neither a max nor a min.

As it has not been released via the usual IAUC route it might not end
up with a GCVS identity, so might not become V598 Pup (so I haven't
predicted that).

Deciding on who the discoverer is is complicated in this case. The
team who noted the xray transient did not know what it was, although
evidently they were the discoverers of the "object". The team that
examined it optically/spectrally and identified it as a nova
"discovered" the "nova". So, I've included both teams as discoverers
with the team leaders from both being mentioned, and with object
discoverers noted before object type discoverers.

The galnovae.dat file can be readily updated by hand when actual
astrometry is published. The other matters may never be clarified, at
least not via any official publication. This can happen with novae.

Cheers

John