Discovery of a possible nova or CV in M31 field
ATel #6567; Y. Cao (Caltech), M. M. Kasliwal (Carnegie), A. Rubin, A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann) On behalf of the intermediate Palomar transient Factory collaboration
on 12 Oct 2014; 04:11 UT
Credential Certification: Yi Cao (ycao@astro.caltech.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable, Nova
Referred to by ATel #: 6705
We report discovery of a new transient, internally designated as iPTF14gnj,
at RA(J2000)=00:52:26.99 and Dec(J2000)=+40:27:02.4 with a magnitude
of g=16 on Oct 11.45. No object was found at the same location in images taken
on Oct 10.46 and earlier with 5-sigma limiting magnitudes of about 20 in g-band.
The transient is located 109.5' east and 49.1' south away from the center of M31.
So iPTF14gnj is possibly a M31 nova or a galactic CV.
The photometry is calibrated with the SDSS catalog.
