Independent Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #12100; K. Hornoch, P. Fatka, H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
on 11 Oct 2018; 07:51 UT
Credential Certification: Matt Darnley (M.J.Darnley@ljmu.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the independent discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added
720-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2018 Oct. 11.162 UT with the 0.65-m telescope
at Ondrejov.
The object was independently discovered also by Q. Yin and X. Gao (designated as AT2018hfs;
see here).
The object was designated by us as PNV J00424990+4123348 and is located at R.A. = 0h42m49s.90,
Decl. = +41o23'34".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 62.8" east and 446.3" 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 Oct. 9.738 UT, [20.5; 11.162, 17.9 ± 0.1.
Discovery image
