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PNV J00422300+4116197

PNV J00422300+4116197   2025 05 20.1526*  00 42 23.00 +41 16 19.7  18.09U240.4W11.2N  M31       9 2

2025 05 20.1526

Ziyang Mai, Jingyuan Zhao, Jianlin Xu, Mi Zhang report discovery of a possible nova in M31. Images obtained by 0.43-m f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham robotic telescope at Alnitak Remote Observatories in Nerpio, Spain, exposured 2×200s with Clear filter, around 2025 May 20.1526 UT, mag = 18.09 CV. Observations were made using Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, Alnitak Research Telescope Access (ARTA) program.