Circular No. 7004

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NOVA IN NGC 221

E. Halderson, T. Shefler, M. Modjaz, J. Y. King, W. D. Li, R. R. Treffers, and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley, report their discovery of an apparent nova during the course of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (cf. IAUC 6627) with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT). The nova was found and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on Aug. 31.4 (mag about 16.6) and Sept. 1.3 UT (mag about 16.5). The object is located at R.A. = 0h42m39s.29, Decl. = +40o51'10".3 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 28".5 west and 44".7 south of the nucleus of NGC 221 (the satellite galaxy of M31). A KAIT image obtained on Aug. 27.3 UT did not show a star at the position of the nova (limiting mag about 19.0).

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