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Additional BVRI photometry of recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a

ATel #12204; V. K. Agnihotri (Cepheid Observatory, Rawatbhata 323306, India), A. Raj (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru 560034, India)
on 11 Nov 2018; 16:24 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Novae
Credential Certification: Ashish Raj (ashish.raj@iiap.res.in)

Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Nova

Referred to by ATel #: 12205, 12207, 12241

We report our follow-up photometric observations of recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a. The nova brightened by ~3 mag after discovery in one day and declined back to 20-21 mag in ~ 4 days after discovery (ATels #12177, #12179, #12181, #12182, #12189, #12190, #12195, #12200, #12203). The observations were obtained using the 0.28m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, Cepheid's Observatory, Rawatbhata, India. The UCAC4 and PRISMv10 Catalog are used for photometry. Nova was below the detection limit (> 19.5) in our next observations taken on 2018 November 09.77 UT .

DATE(2018)     EXP(s)   BAND     MAG
Nov 8.78 UT    1800     I     19.34 +/- 0.55
Nov 8.80 UT    1800     R    19.28 +/- 0.39
Nov 8.83 UT    1800    V    19.43 +/- 0.43
Nov 8.85 UT    1800    B    19.30 +/ -0.58