Independent Discovery of an Apparent Nova in M31
ATel #12989; H. Kucakova, K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
on 5 Aug 2019; 13:45 UT
Credential Certification: Steven Williams (s.williams7@lancaster.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 12999
We report the independent discovery of an apparent nova in M31 on a co-added 1080-s
R-band CCD frame taken on 2019 Aug. 5.101 UT with the 0.65-m telescope
at Ondrejov.
The object was independently discovered also by K. Itagaki and designated
as PNV J00423828+4113423. The object was designated by us as M31N 2019-08a
and is located at R.A. = 0h42m38s.24, Decl. = +41o13'42".2 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 68.6" west and 146.3" south of the center of M31 (see link to discovery
image below).
The following R-band magnitudes were obtained using the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov:
2019 Aug. 2.037 UT, [19.4; 5.101, 16.2 ± 0.1.
