Discovery of a Probable Nova in M83
ATel #11443; K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
on 20 Mar 2018; 00:39 UT
Credential Certification: Martin Henze (henze@ice.cat)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the discovery of a probable nova in M83 on a co-added 960-s R-band
CCD frame taken on 2018 Feb. 26.233 UT with the Danish 1.54-m telescope
at La Silla.
The new object designated PNV J13370126-2955482 is located at R.A. = 13h37m01s.26,
Decl. = -29o55'48".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 4.4" east and 231.5" south
of the center of M83 (see link to finding chart below).
The following R-band magnitudes were obtained using the Danish 1.54-m telescope
at La Silla:
2018 Feb. 15.397 UT, [23.2; 26.233, 21.5 ± 0.15; 27.208, 21.6 ± 0.15;
28.200, 21.3 ± 0.25; Mar. 12.395, 22.0 ± 0.2; 15.415, 21.4 ± 0.3;
17.409, 21.8 ± 0.25.
This work is based on data collected with the Danish 1.54-m telescope at the ESO
La Silla Observatory.
Finding chart
