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A new optical Nova in M31

Citation:

Burwitz V, Hatzidimitriou D, Stefanescu A, Steinle H, Pietsch W, Manousakis A, Reig P, Papamastorakis G, Cikota S, Cikota A, et al. A new optical Nova in M31. [Internet]. 2007;1146:1.

Abstract:

We report the discovery of a optical nova in M31 on four consecutive dithered R filter CCD images obtained on (2007 July 19.00741, 19.00890, 19.01041, 19.01193, with corresponding R magnitudes of 18.8, 18.7, 18.8, 18.5) obtained at the 1.3m Ritchey Chretien f/7.5 telescope at Skinakas Observatory, Crete, Greece, using an Andor DZ436-BV CCD Camera (with a Marconi 2k x 2k chip with 13.5µm sq. pixels).

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