Circular No. 7269

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Still waiting to be announced.

Nova in M 31

W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (cf. IAUC 6627, 7126) with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT), report the discovery of a nova in M31. The nova was discovered and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on Oct 3.2 UT and Oct 4.2 UT respectively. An image taken on Oct 2.2 UT also showed a hint of the nova. Magnitude estimate (about 17.5m) for the nova is rough because of the nova's proximity to the bright nucleus of M31. The new object is located at R.A. = 0h42m49s.7, Decl. = +41o16'32" (Equinox 2000.0), which is about 61" east and 24" north of the nucleus of M31. A KAIT image of M 31 on Oct 1.2 UT (limiting magnitude about 19.0) showed nothing at the position of the nova.

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