Discovery of a Probable Nova in M31
ATel #7554; K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Charles U., Prague, Czech Republic)
on 22 May 2015; 23:06 UT
Credential Certification: Allen W. Shafter (aws@nova.sdsu.edu)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the discovery of a probable nova in M31 on a co-added 1080-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2015 May 22.046 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.
The object designated PNV J00431911+4116082 is located at R.A. = 0h43m19s.11, Decl. = +41o16'08".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 392.2" east and 0.3" 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:
2015 May 18.074 UT, [19.9; 22.046, 17.7 ± 0.15.
We thank J. Vrastil for getting M31 images on May 18.074 UT.
Discovery image
