V1370 Aquilae

Although it was discovered photographically, its apparent magnitude was 6–7, making it potentially visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions.

Spectra of the object were taken in February 1982 at Asiago Astrophysical Observatory, which confirmed that it is a nova.

[5][4] V1370 Aquilae faded rapidly after its discovery, and it had dimmed by three magnitudes in 13 days, making it a "fast" nova in the classification scheme of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

[6][7] The light curve passed through a local minimum 43 days after the nova's discovery.

In the case of V1370 Aquilae, Shara et al. estimated, based on the amplitude of the outburst and the rate of fading, that the mass of the white dwarf is 1.13M☉.

The light curve of V1370 Aquilae, plotted from AAVSO data along with data from Rosino et al. [ 4 ] The magnitude on the morning the nova was discovered, estimated as 6–7, is plotted as 6.5.