V1425 Aql = Nova Aquilae 1995 

Position: 19 05 26.636  +01 42 03.27 [2000.0]   (Argyle & Morrison)
This nova was discovered by Takamizawa on 1995 Feb 7.839 using T-Max 400 and a 10-cm f/4 lens. The magnitude at discovery was 8.4.

The very accurate Carlsberg astrometry has allowed a search for a precursor. Brian Skiff, Lowell, writes: I have examined the POSS-I prints at the Carlsberg Meridian Circle position for Nova Aquilae 1995 published on IAUC 6174. There does not appear to be a candidate precursor visible at this location. The nearest star (B ~20, neutral color) lies about 1".7 southeast at:RA 19 05 26.73 +/-0".2, Dec. -1 42 04.2 +/-0".3 (equinox J2000, epoch of plate date). The individual positions from the two prints are given below. They result from measurement against 32 PPM stars (including those from the 90,000-star PPM Supplement) immediately around the nova position, whose mean rms residuals were about 0".4 per star. None of the POSS-II films of this area have been issued, nor do we have any UK Schmidt plates here at Lowell. It is entirely reasonable in the 45 years back to the POSS-I epoch that proper motion shifted the nova a couple of arcseconds, so searches on more recent plates are warranted. 

UT midtime             RA   (2000)   Dec
1950  7  19.29236  19  5 26.742   -1 42  4.44
1950  7  19.31979  19  5 26.721   -1 42  3.96
Latest lightcurve

CCD image 1995 May 28, the nova is about mag 12.

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