Independent Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #11656; K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
on 20 May 2018; 07:54 UT
Credential Certification: Matt Darnley (M.J.Darnley@ljmu.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 11765
We report the independent discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added
450-s unfiltered CCD frame taken on 2018 May 19.055 UT with the 0.65-m telescope
at Ondrejov.
The object was also independently discovered by E. Conseil (designated as AT2018bto) see here.
The object was designated by us as PNV J00434212+4122349 and is located at R.A. = 0h43m42s.12, Decl. = +41o22'34".9 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 651.1" east and 386.4" north of the center of M31 (see link to discovery
image below).
The following unfiltered magnitudes were obtained using the 0.65-m telescope
at Ondrejov (R-band magnitudes used from comparison stars):
2018 May 15.065 UT, [20.4; 19.055, 17.0 ± 0.15.
We thank P. Fatka for getting images on May 15.065 UT.
Discovery image
