MASTER-IAC: possible Nova in M31
ATel #9164; V. Shumkov, V. Lipunov (Lomonosov MSU), R. Rebolo Lopez, M. Serra Ricart, G. Israelian (IAC), E. Gorbovskoy, N. Tiurina, P. Balanutsa, A. Kuznetsov, V. Kornilov, I. Gorbunov, O. Gress, V. Vladimirov, D. Kuvshinov (Lomonosov Moscow State Univeristy, SAI)
on 17 Jun 2016; 17:14 UT
Credential Certification: Nataly Tyurina (tiurina@sai.msu.ru)
Subjects: Optical, Request for Observations, Nova, Transient, Variables
Referred to by ATel #: 9166
MASTER OT J004117.95+403352.9 discovery - possible Nova(19m) in M31
MASTER-IAC auto-detection system ( Lipunov et al., "MASTER Global Robotic Net",
Advances in Astronomy, 2010, 30L ) discovered OT source at (RA, Dec) = 00h 41m 17.95s +40d 33m 52.9s on 2016-06-14.19236 UT.
The OT unfiltered magnitude is 18.7m (limit 20.0m).
The OT is seen in 30 images. We have reference images without OT on 2016-06-16 04:47:12UT with m_lim=19.9, on 2015-07-21.12653 UT with unfiltered magnitude limit 20.0m (and 6 last years of M31 MASTER-Kislovodsk, -Tunka, -Amur images).
Spectral observations are required.
The discovery and reference images are available at: http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/MASTEROTJ004117.95403352.9.jpg
List of Optical Transients discovered by MASTER
MASTER Global Robotic Net
