Recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a: Discovery of the 2024 eruption
ATel #16942; Jingyuan Zhao (Xingming Observatory), A. W. Shafter, J. C. Horst, R. M. Quimby (SDSU), M. J. Darnley, M. W. Healy-Kalesh (LJMU), K. L. Page (U. Leicester), on behalf of the 12a Collaboration
on 13 Dec 2024; 04:31 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Novae
Credential Certification: Allen W. Shafter (ashafter@sdsu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the discovery of the predicted 2024 eruption of the recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a (see also http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/followups/J00452894+4154098.html ).
The nova is clearly detected in a single 900 s exposure obtained on 2024 Dec. 13.0074 UTC at magnitude CV = 18.6 +/- 0.2 by J. Zhao. The observations were obtained remotely from the 0.61-m f/6.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham robotic telescope (Lane, 2018, RTSRE, 1, 119) at the Burke-Gaffney Observatory (BGO) of Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). Follow-up photometric and spectroscopic observations of this most recent eruption of M31N 2008-12a are strongly encouraged.
