Janice and I went out this evening to try to see the nova that appeared today. We spent a few minutes identifying the field and then found the nova easily by about 9:55. This is the first time we’ve actually seen one. Thanks to Joe for the notification. This one is an easy binocular target with 7×50 binos. A chart can be found at the sky and telescope web site. John Gauvreau has determined a magnitude of 5.7 which based on what we saw is pretty darn close.