Independent Discovery of an Apparent Nova in M31
ATel #11849; K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
on 14 Jul 2018; 08:03 UT
Credential Certification: Matt Darnley (M.J.Darnley@ljmu.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 11866
We report the independent discovery of an apparent nova in M31 on a co-added 720-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2018 Jul. 13.991 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.
The object was independently discovered also by K. Itagaki (designated as PNV J00420765+4119438)
see here.
The object was designated by us as M31N 2018-07b and is located at R.A. = 0h42m07s.64, Decl. = +41o19'44".0 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 413.4" west and 215.5" 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 Jul. 9.072 UT, [20.1; 13.991, 16.40 ± 0.08.
Discovery image