Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PNV J00424590+4059056

PNV J00424590+4059056   2024 09 01.1713*  00 42 45.90 +40 59 05.6  20.1 U 17.8E1023S  M31       9 5

2024 09 01.1713

Jingyuan Zhao report discovery of a possible nova. Observations were made using 0.43-m f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham robotic telescope of Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, Nerpio, Spain, this is part of the Alnitak Research Telescope Access (ARTA) program, exposured 2×200s with Clear filter.

2024 09 02.15196

The object is not visible in the follow-up, with a limiting magnitude about 20.5 CV, and it may be an artifact. I apologize profusely for my mistake. ----------- Jingyuan Zhao