Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PNV J00430561+4101301

PNV J00430561+4101301   2025 08 31.0477*  00 43 05.61 +41 01 30.1  20.5 U  240E 878S  M31       9  

2025 08 31.0477

Jianlin Xu, Jingyuan Zhao, Mi Zhang report discovery of a possible nova in M31, this transient may be related to M31N 2006-11d (Reference: Travis A. Rector et al 2022 ApJ 936 117, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac87ad ). 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 2025 Aug. 31.04772 UT, mag = 20.5 CV. Observations were made using Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, Alnitak Research Telescope Access (ARTA) program.