Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #12574; K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), M. Wolf (Astronomical Institute, Charles U., Prague, Czech Republic)
on 13 Mar 2019; 21:48 UT
Credential Certification: Allen W. Shafter (ashafter@sdsu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added 990-s R-band CCD frame taken under poor conditions on 2019 Mar. 12.791 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.
The object designated PNV J00422000+4113219 is located at R.A. = 0h42m20s.00, Decl. = +41o13'21".9 (equinox 2000.0), which is 274.3" west and 166.6" south 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:
2019 Mar. 7.846 UT, [19.6; 12.791, 18.6 ± 0.2.
We thank H. Kucakova for acquiring images on Mar. 7.846 UT.
Discovery image
