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H-alpha confirmation of the probable nova M31N 2016-09b

ATel #9559; A. Valcheva (University of Sofia, Bulgaria), A. Kurtenkov (Institute of Astronomy and NAO, BAS; University of Sofia, Bulgaria), E. Ovcharov (University of Sofia, Bulgaria), A. Kostov (Institute of Astronomy and NAO, BAS), V. Bozhilov, P. Nedialkov (University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
on 28 Sep 2016; 13:05 UT
Credential Certification: Evgeni Ovcharov (evgeni@phys.uni-sofia.bg)

Subjects: Optical, Nova

Referred to by ATel #: 9563

We report H-alpha observation of the nova candidate PNV J00421729+4109444 (M31N 2016-09b, ATel 9552). The object shows strong H-alpha emission in 5x180 sec H-alpha co-added frames. The observations are carried out with the 2m RCC telescope at Rozhen NAO, Bulgaria, equipped with the focal reducer FoReRo2. R and V magnitudes are also available.

2016 Sept 27.771 UT, R = 18.13 +/- 0.06 (3x180s)
2016 Sept 27.784 UT, Ha= 16.89 +/- 0.06 (5x180s)
2016 Sept 27.802 UT, V = 18.26 +/- 0.04 (3x180s)