Bibcode
Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Ferrando, R.; Rodríguez, D.; Bode, M. F.; Huxor, A.; Giles, P.; Mackey, D.
Bibliographical reference
The Astronomer's Telegram, #2166
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8
2009
Citations
5
Refereed citations
3
Description
We confirm the nova nature of the possible nova M31 2009-08d, discovered
by Rafael Ferrando on UT 2009 Aug 15.0950 (discovery image at
http://www.pla-de-arguines.com/NOVA-M31D.jpg) . Koichi Itagaki reported
the same discovery on UT 2009 Aug 15.981
(http://www.supernovae.net/novae.html ). A single, filterless image of
20-s exposure time taken on UT 2009 Aug 18.1430 with the ACAM
imager/spectrograph on the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope (La Palma)
reveals the object at coordinates RA=00h44m09.91s, Dec= +41d48m51.0s
(J2000), as reported.