Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PNV J00424486+4115420

PNV J00424486+4115420   2024 08 06.1417*  00 42 44.86 +41 15 42.0  19.0 U  6.1E26.5S  M31       9 1

2024 08 06.1417

Jingyuan Zhao, report discovery of a possible nova. Image 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 2024 Aug. 06.1417 UT, mag = 19.0 CV. The transient is also visible around 2024 Aug. 07.1420 with Clear filter, image taken by the same instrument, exposured 2×200s, it has brightened to 18.2 CV. Observations were made using Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, Alnitak Research Telescope Access (ARTA) program.