Independent Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #5414; K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Charles U., Prague, Czech Republic)
on 24 Sep 2013; 19:16 UT
Credential Certification: Allen W. Shafter (aws@nova.sdsu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 5461
We report the independent discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added
900-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2013 Sep. 24.747 UT with the 0.65-m telescope
at Ondrejov.
The object first detected and designated TCP J00415307+4109540 by K. Itagaki
(see here)
is located at R.A. = 0h41m53s.14, Decl. = +41o09'54".0 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 577.5" west and 374.5" south 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:
2013 Sep. 7.792 UT, [20.0; 24.747, 18.1 ± 0.1.
Discovery image
