Independent Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #11461; K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
on 21 Mar 2018; 20:15 UT
Credential Certification: Martin Henze (henze@ice.cat)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the independent discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added
900-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2018 Mar. 20.782 UT with the 0.65-m telescope
at Ondrejov.
The object was independently discovered also by M. Zhang and X. Gao
(designated as PNV J00424041+4112522) (see here).
The object is located at R.A. = 0h42m40s.39, Decl. = +41o12'51".6 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 44.4" west and 196.9" 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:
2018 Mar. 11.777 UT, [19.2; 20.782, 18.3 ± 0.2; 21.763, 17.5 ± 0.1.
Discovery image
