Discovery of an Apparent Nova in M81
ATel #8612; K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), H. Kucakova (Astronomical Institute, Charles U., Prague, Czech Republic)
on 30 Jan 2016; 12:49 UT
Credential Certification: Martin Henze (henze@ice.cat)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
We report the discovery of an apparent nova in M81 on a co-added 2970-s unfiltered
CCD frame taken on 2016 Jan. 30.200 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.
The new object designated PNV J09551797+6904390 is located at R.A. = 9h55m17s.97,
Decl. = +69o04'39".0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 81.5" west and 43.9" north
of the center of M81 (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 Dec. 30.889 UT, [21.6; 2016 Jan. 30.200, 19.7 ± 0.2.
We thank J. Vrastil for getting M81 images on Dec. 30.889 UT.
Discovery
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