Nova Cygnus 1920 observed from Italy with a Cooke

 N.V. Ginori in Florence, Italy, visual observations of the spectrum of Nova Cygni 1920 were made with a McClean star spectroscope mounted on a 9 inch Thomas Cooke & Sons equatorial refractor. 

The spectrum was continuous with dark H/3 just visible on August 23d 1920. Subsequent observations on August 25^th, 26^th, 27^th, 28^th, September 1^st, 3^rd, 8^th, and 11^th record the changes in intensity of the hydrogen and enhanced metallic lines.

Nova Cygnus was discovered by William Denning in Bristol on August 20^th 1920 at magnitude 3.5.