Independent Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #7462; K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Charles U., Prague, Czech Republic)
on 30 Apr 2015; 18:27 UT
Credential Certification: Allen W. Shafter (aws@nova.sdsu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the independent discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added 600-s unfiltered CCD frame taken on 2015 Apr. 27.100 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.
The object first announced and designated PNV J00414894+4109173 by K. Itagaki
(see here) is located at R.A. = 0h41m49s.00, Decl. = +41o09'17".4 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 624.3" west and 411.1" south of the center of M31 (see link to discovery
image below).
The following unfiltered magnitudes were obtained using the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov (R-band magnitudes used from comparison stars):
2015 Apr. 25.101 UT, [19.2; 27.100, 18.5 ± 0.25.
We thank J. Vrastil for getting M31 images on Apr. 25.101 UT.
Discovery image
