Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a: discovery of the 2022 eruption with the Las Cumbres Observatory global telescope network

ATel #15786; I. Perez-Fournon, F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), G. Aznar Menargues, Y. Calatayud-Borras, A. Casasbuenas, M. Cervera Cortes, I. Cortes-Perez, J. del Socorro Prieto, M. Delgado Mancheno, A. Ferrer I Burjachs, R. Flores le Roux, D. Galan, S. Geraldia Gonzalez, P. Grebol-Tomas, S. Navarro Umpierrez, A. Pelaez-Torres, E. Reyes Rodriguez, P. Sosa-Guillen, A. Vielba Trillo (ULL), and E. Esparza-Borges (IAC and ULL)
on 2 Dec 2022; 23:02 UT
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Credential Certification: Ismael Perez-Fournon (ipf@iac.es)

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We report the discovery of the 2022 eruption of the recurrent nova M31 2008-12a in observations with one of the 1m telescopes at Teide Observatory (Tenerife, Spain) of the Las Cumbres Observatory global telescope network. The nova is clearly detected in a single 180 sec exposure in the SDSS r' filter obtained on 2 December 2022 19:50:15 UTC. We measure a magnitude r' = 19.18 +/- 0.07 after calibration with PanSTARRS-1 DR2 stars. We encourage follow-up photometric and spectroscopic observations. This work makes use of observations from the Las Cumbres Observatory global telescope network. We thank David Bishop for his compilation of extragalactic novae. More information and images of previous eruptions of M31N 2008-12a is available at: https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2008/nm3112a.html

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