Tue, 10/06/2015 - 04:12
There have been two spectroscopic confirmations of ASASSN-15qd as a highly-reddened nova:
http://ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mailarchive/vsnet-alert/19121
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=8127
Here is the original discovery ATEL:
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=8126
Cheers -
Rob Kaufman, KBJ
V1831 Aquilae = Nova Aquilae 2015 = ASASSN-15qd (= PNV J19215012+1509248) (Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, Circular No. 9278)