Nova Vulpeculae 1976 was discovered by G.E.D. Alcock (1976) on October 21, 1976 as a star of visual magnitude 6.5 in position (1950):

The visual light curve, plotted together with the color index B-V in fig.1, was obtained using the observations published in the I.A.U. Circulars. It shows a slow fall from maximum, about 2.5 magnitudes in 60 days, with characteristic fluctuations, an abrupt drop of about 3.5 magnitudes in 24 days, a slow recovery of one magnitude in 30 days, and a very gradual decline to minimum. The color index B-V remained almost constant near the mean value +1.1 during the slow early decline.