Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PNV J00452880+4154100

PNV J00452880+4154100   2020 10 30.9102*  00 45 28.80 +41 54 10.0  18.9 R             M31          9

2020 10 30.9102

We report our discovery of a possible nova in M31 on a 240-s R-band CCD frame taken on 2020 Oct. 30.91 UT with the 0.5 m f/8 Ritchey Chretien + CCD FLI PL4240 at MPC Code L07 (Osservatorio Salvatore di Giacomo, Agerola, ITALY), preliminary magnitude 18.9 G ± 0.1 at coordinates: R.A. = 00 45 28.80, Decl.= +41 54 10.0 (equinox 2000.0; Gaia DR2). This transient has been independently discovered by Darnley et al. as reported on ATel #14130 of 31 Oct 2020; 07:32 UT and identified by them as the eruption of recurrent Nova M31N 2008-12a. Our discovery image of this transient is visible here: https://tinyurl.com/y6tb6s2m - Observers: A. Catapano, E. Guido, L. Izzo