Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #7492; K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), K. Honkova (Astronomical Institute, Charles U., Prague, Czech Republic)
on 11 May 2015; 16:32 UT
Credential Certification: Allen W. Shafter (aws@nova.sdsu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 7789
We report the discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added 600-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2015 May 11.065 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.
The object designated PNV J00424660+4117553 is located at R.A. = 0h42m46s.60, Decl. = +41o17'55".3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 25.7" east and 106.8" north 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:
2015 Apr. 27.106 UT, [19.3; May 11.065, 18.1 ± 0.2.
We thank H. Kucakova for getting M31 images on Apr. 27.106 UT.
Discovery image
