Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PNV J00431313+4124567

PNV J00431313+4124567   2020 11 05.7377*  00 43 13.13 +41 24 56.7  17.4 U  328E 530N  M31       9 0

2020 11 05.73778

F. Castellani, Verona, Italy reports the discovery by Flavio Castellani, Raffaele Belligoli and Claudio Marangoni, in the course of the ISSP Italian Supernovae Search Project, of an apparent nova PNV J00431313+4124567 using two images 12x300s frames (3600s total) taken with a Moravian G4-9000 KAF CCD unfiltered, from Monte Baldo Observatory (Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Verona, Italy), with the 0.4m f.8 Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, obtained on 2020/11/05.73778 The new object is located at RA 00 43 13.13 DEC +41 24 56.7 (equinox 2000.0) Apparent magnitude 17.4 Clear (err +/- 0,2) in host Galaxy M31. Offset 328"E 530"N Nothing is visible at this position on the reference image taken on 2020-11-03.71. View the discovery image here: http://www.osservatoriomontebaldo.it/uploads/ISSP/PNVJ00431313_4124567.jpg

2020 11 06.86532

We performed some follow-up of this object 2020.11.06.86532 (unfiltered magnitude V = 16.0) on several images through a 0.25-m f/4 reflector + CCD and exposure 8x90sec.from MPC Code C77 (Bernezzo Observatory, Italy) Andrea Mantero