Reconnaissance of suspected old novae

Several of the "blank fields" in the novae atlas by Duerbeck were imaged at the WIYN 3.5 m telescope during technical engineering and commissioning ac tivities in 1994-1995. Several old novas have been recovered utilizing CCD photometry. Multiobject spectroscopy with the Hydra/MOS instrumentation at WIYN was also used on random stars in the fields to search for a cataclysmi c variable. The old novae candidates identified include SV Ari, V465 Cyg, S S LMi V2104 Oph, GR Ori, V529 Ori, UW Per, and UW Tri.