Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PNV J00424276+4117303

PNV J00424276+4117303   2025 12 01.0667*  00 42 42.76 +41 17 30.3  18.2 C             M31       8 1

2025 12 01.0668

Robert Fidrich reports the discovery of a possible nova of ~18.2 mag on my 8x120s images made remotely with a Luminance filter on a 0.51m telescope Utah Desert Remote Observatory at Great Basin Desert, Beryl Junction, Utah, USA (iTelescope,net network). The discovery date corrected to 2025 12 01.0668UT. More info: https://vendegcsillagkereso.blogspot.com/2025/12/vend77-possible-new-nova-in-m31.html -- Róbert Fidrich, HAA/VSS, Budakeszi, Hungary.

2025 12 01.8065

The object was significantly brighter, ~17.6CV on 4x90s co-added images made with a 0.43 m Dall-Kirkham telescope at the Alnitak Remote Observatory, Nerpio, Spain, using a Luminance filter. Image: https://vendegcsillagkereso.blogspot.com/2025/12/vend77-possible-new-nova-in-m31.html -- Róbert Fidrich, HAA/VSS, Budakeszi, Hungary.