Discovery of a Probable Nova in M83
ATel #16410; K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), H. Kucakova (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), A. W. Shafter (SDSU)
on 17 Jan 2024; 20:06 UT
Credential Certification: Allen W. Shafter (ashafter@sdsu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 16411
We report the discovery of a probable nova in M83 on a co-added 540-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2024 Jan. 13.374 UT with the Danish 1.54-m telescope at La Silla.
The new object designated PNV J13370709-2957165 is located at R.A. = 13h37m07s.09, Decl. = -29o57'16".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 80.2" east and 319.8" south of the center of M83 (see link to finding chart below; crop of a confirmation image taken on Jan. 16.374 UT with the same instrumentation is shown in the upper-right corner).
The following R-band magnitudes were obtained using the Danish 1.54-m telescope
at La Silla:
2018 Mar. 26.207 UT, [24.0; 2024 Jan. 13.374, 21.4 ± 0.25; 16.374, 21.4 ± 0.2; 17.375, 21.4 ± 0.2.
This work is based on data collected with the Danish 1.54-m telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory.
Finding chart
