Independent Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #14447; K. Hornoch, H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic)
on 8 Mar 2021; 18:59 UT
Credential Certification: Allen W. Shafter (ashafter@sdsu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 14449
We report the independent discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added 630-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2021 Mar. 6.745 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.
The object was independently discovered on Mar. 8.3972 UT by K. Itagaki and designated as PNV J00434013+4127123 and on Mar. 8.5943 UT by J. Ruan, M. Zhang, and X. Gao and designated as AT 2021fbz. The object was designated by us as M31N 2021-03b and is located at R.A. = 0h43m40s.29, Decl. = +41o27'12".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 630.1" east and 663.9" 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:
2021 Feb. 28.758 UT, [20.4; Mar. 6.745, 16.5 ± 0.1.
Discovery image
