New optical nova candidate in M 31
ATel #2697; V. Burwitz (Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, MPE ; Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca, OAM), W. Pietsch, M. Henze (MPE), J. Rodriguez (OAM), C. A. Haswell, S. Holmes, U. Kolb, and R. Lucas (The Open University, OU)
on 26 Jun 2010; 13:39 UT
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We report the discovery of a possible nova in M 31 on a 5x120s stacked
unfiltered CCD image obtained with the 0.35-m f/11 OU/OAM PIRATE Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope (+ SBIG STL-1001E CCD camera) at Costitx, Mallorca, Spain on
2010 June 26.084 UT with a corresponding R magnitude of 17.8.
The position for the nova candidate is RA = 00h44m04.48s, Dec = +41d28'34.2"
(J2000, accuracy of 0.3"), which is 902" east and 746" north of the core
of M 31. The source is clearly detected in the individual images.
All magnitudes given are obtained from a photometric solution using
R magnitudes of the Local Group Survey M 31 catalogue (Massey et al.
2006, AJ 131, 2478).
No object is visible at the position of the nova candidate on a PIRATE
image of 2010 June 17.093 UT (limiting R magnitude at the position
of 19.0). There is no entry in VizieR/CDS for this object and no minor planet
could be found on this position using the MPC/IAU Minor Planet Checker
(see http://scully.harvard.edu/~cgi/CheckMP ).
