The AAVSO Special Notice (ASN) will include announcements on
interesting and/or rare stellar activity that do not involve new
coordinated campaigns. The goal is for the ASN to be quick and brief.
Should the announcement warrant further attention, it may be followed by
an Alert Notice.

AAVSO ALERT NOTICE 328 (October 17, 2005)

SUBJECT: V477 SCUTI = NOVA SCUTI 2005 Number 2 - Nova in Scutum

Object: 1833-12 V477 SCUTI = N SCT 05#2

Discovered Independently By:
- G. Pojmanski, Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, in the course
of the All-Sky Automated Survey (ASAS)
- K. Haseda, Aichi, Japan (reported by H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University,
Japan)

Stargazers in Utah, Colorado, New York and other US states were treated to a rare display in the early hours of this morning, when the first of two large coronal mass ejections from the Sun collided with the Earth's atmosphere, creating stunning Auroras.