Independent Discovery of an Apparent Nova in M31
ATel #13071; H. Kucakova, K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
on 3 Sep 2019; 13:08 UT
Credential Certification: Steven Williams (s.williams7@lancaster.ac.uk)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 13078
We report the independent discovery of an apparent nova in M31 on a co-added 1440-s
R-band CCD frame taken on 2019 Sep. 2.924 UT with the 0.65-m telescope
at Ondrejov.
The object was independently discovered also by K. Itagaki and designated
as PNV J00423716+4116454. The object was designated by us as M31N 2019-09a
and is located at R.A. = 0h42m37s.21, Decl. = +41o16'45".3 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 80.2" west and 36.8" 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:
2019 Sep. 1.128 UT, [19.9; 2.924, 16.49 ± 0.06; 2.961, 16.58 ± 0.07.
Discovery image
