Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a: discovery of the 2018 eruption
ATel #12177; M. J. Darnley (LJMU), M. Henze (SDSU), A. W. Shafter (SDSU), S. Kafka (AAVSO), M. Kato (Keio University), for a larger collaboration
on 6 Nov 2018; 21:25 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Novae
Credential Certification: Matt Darnley (M.J.Darnley@ljmu.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 12179, 12181, 12182, 12190, 12195, 12200, 12203, 12204, 12205, 12207, 12241, 13269, 13273, 13279, 13290, 14130, 15034
We report the discovery of the predicted 2018 eruption of the remarkable
recurrent M31 nova M31N 2008-12a (see ATels
#5607,#6527,#7964,#9848,#11116 for earlier detections as well as Darnley
et al. 2014, 2015, 2016 and
Henze et al. 2014, 2015a, 2015b, 2018, for
comprehensive multi-wavelength studies of previous eruptions).
The nova was clearly detected on 2018 Nov 06.80 UT with the Liverpool Telescope.
The discovery magnitude is 19.15 ± 0.05. We will continue
to monitor the nova light curve and strongly encourage additional
follow-up observations.
