It was discovered in Australia by Robert Evans on the early morning of August 5, 2005 with a 13.8 magnitude, about ten days before reaching its maximum brightness of 12.3.
它由羅伯特·埃文斯于2008年8月5日早晨在澳大利亚发现，视星等为13.8，它在大约十天前达到最亮星等12.3。