Discovery of Another Apparent Nova in M31
ATel #8787; K. Hornoch (Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, Czech Republic), H. Kucakova, M. Wolf (Astronomical Institute, Charles U., Prague, Czech Republic)
on 8 Mar 2016; 08:33 UT
Credential Certification: Martin Henze (henze@ice.cat)
Subjects: Optical, Nova, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 9762
We report the discovery of another apparent nova in M31 on a co-added 720-s R-band
CCD frame taken on 2016 Mar. 6.806 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.
The new object is also visible on several prediscovery images taken with the same
instrumentation under worse seeing conditions.
The object designated PNV J00424914+4116401 is located at R.A. = 0h42m49s.14,
Decl. = +41o16'40".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is 54.3" east and 31.6" 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:
2016 Feb. 7.753 UT, [19.4; 11.737, 18.9 ± 0.7; 12.742, [19.1;
22.789, 18.6 ± 0.5; 26.737, 18.6 ± 0.4; 27.785, 18.7 ± 0.5;
Mar. 6.806, 17.9 ± 0.3; 7.753, 18.2 ± 0.3.
Discovery
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