Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #11784; K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), M. Wolf (Astronomical Institute, Charles U., Prague, Czech Republic)
on 26 Jun 2018; 13:03 UT
Credential Certification: Steven Williams (scw@astro.ljmu.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 11845
We report the discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added 1800-s
unfiltered CCD frame taken on 2018 Jun. 26.010 UT with the 0.65-m
telescope at Ondrejov.
The object designated PNV J00424144+4117377 is located at R.A. = 0h42m41s.44,
Decl. = +41o17'37".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 32.5" west and 89.2" north
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 Jun. 21.055 UT, [19.7; 26.010, 17.1 ± 0.1; 26.052, 17.1 ± 0.1.
Discovery image