Abstract:

We carried out spectroscopic observations of the optical transient near M31 reported in ATel #1591 (RA = 0h42m27s.81 DEC =+41o14'48".2 (J2000)) from the 1.3m telescope of the Skinakas Observatory in Crete (Greece) on the nights 27 June 2008 and 2 July 2008. The spectra covered the range 5080-7160 angstroms. The Halpha appeared strongly in emission and displayed a double peaked profile. The ratio of the blue peak to the red peak (B/R) reversed from B > R (i.e blue-dominated profile) on 27 June to B < R (i.e red-dominated profile) on 2 July.

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