Electronic Telegram No. 2379
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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APPARENT NOVA IN M32
     Kamil Hornoch, Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov, reports his discovery
of a possible nova in the galaxy M32 on a co-added 900-s R-band CCD frame
taken on July 9.066 UT with the 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov.  The new object
is marginally visible on single images used for the co-added frame and is
visible also on a pre-discovery co-added R-band CCD frame taken by Hornoch
and P. Hornochova with the same instrumentation on June 26.043, but it is
not present on numerous archive images taken at Ondrejov and other
observatories.  The new object, designated M32N 2010-07a, is located at R.A.
= 0h42m32s.43, Decl. = +40o53'36".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 107" west and
99" north of the center of M32.  Available R-band magnitudes for M32N 2010-07a,
as measured by Hornoch:  2001 Nov. 22.321, [22.3 (A. Crotts, 8.2-m Subaru
telescope at Mauna Kea); 2006 Jan. 6.084, [21.5 (J. Gallagher and P. Garnavich,
0.91-m telescope at Kitt Peak); 25.086, [21.4 (Gallagher and Garnavich);
2009 Aug. 30.932, [21.2 (Hornoch, 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov); 2010 June
26.043, 19.2 +/- 0.25 (Hornoch and Hornochova, 0.65-m telescope at Ondrejov);
July 9.066, 19.3 +/- 0.2 (Hornoch); 16.954, 19.5 +/- 0.15 (Hornoch and
Hornochova).


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2010 July 19                     (CBET 2379)              Daniel W. E. Green