Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PNV J00424712+4117103

PNV J00424712+4117103   2022 08 07.2838*  00 42 47.12 +41 17 10.3  17.1 C             M31       3 0

2022 08 07.5000

Apparent nova AT 2022qug https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022qug discovered during the search for novae in M31 remotely using 0.61-m f/6.5 corrected Dall-Kirkham robotic telescope (Lane, 2018, RTSRE, 1, 119) of Burke-Gaffney Observatory (BGO) in Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) with Astrodon Luminance filter. Visible in three 300-sec. images taken on August 7, 2022. Filipp Romanov (amateur astronomer, Russia).

2022 08 8.316

Discovery image and last non-detection image: https://www.wis-tns.org/system/files/uploaded/general/tns_2022qug_atrep_154352.jpg (Filipp Romanov).

2022 08 09.5035

Follow-up observation of AT 2022qug = PNV J00424712+4117103 taken remotely using iTelescope.Net T24 (0.61-m f/6.5 reflector + CCD in Sierra Remote Observatory at Auberry, California, USA) with Astrodon Luminance filter: 16.9 G on 2022-08-09 07:17:11. Stacked 3x300 sec. images from photos obtained remotely using iTelescope.Net T24 and iTelescope.Net T21: https://www.wis-tns.org/system/files/uploaded/general/tns_2022qug_atrep_154547.jpg Filipp Romanov.

2022 08 09.5035

Updated position: 00:42:47.13 +41:17:09.9 (F. D. Romanov)

2022 08 23.5799

AT 2022qug was classified as Fe II nova in M31: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2022qug/classification-cert The spectrum is available in the Transient Name Server.