V357 Muscae

V357 Muscae was a bright nova (Nova Muscae 2018) in the constellation Musca.^[2] It was discovered on January 14, 2018 by Rob Kaufman of Bright, Victoria, Australia with a magnitude of 7.0.^[3]

A visual band light curve for V357 Muscae, plotted from data published by Walter (2018)^[4]

V357 Muscae

The nova is located near the NW corner of Musca
Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Musca
Right ascension	11h 26m 12.20s[1]
Declination	−65° 31′ 08.6″[1]
Other designations
Nova Mus 2018, PNV J11261220-6531086[1]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Nova Muscae 2018

As well as being observed optically, the nova was also detected at radio wavelengths using the Australia Telescope Compact Array.^[5]

See also

• List of novae in the Milky Way galaxy