Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports"

PNV J09553266+6906072

PNV J09553266+6906072   2011 11 01.142 *  09 55 32.66 +69 06 07.2  20.5 U    3W 132N  M81       H 0

2011 11 4.118

Confirmed at R-band mag 19.7 +/- 0.1 on co-added R-band CCD frame taken by A.F. Valeev, A.N. Sarkisyan, O.N. Sholukhova, and S.N. Fabrika using the Russian 6-m BTA telescope equipped with the SCORPIO spectral camera. Additional photometry from the images taken with the same instrumentation: Nov. 4.120, B = 20.7 +/- 0.1; 4.167, V = 20.0 +/- 0.1. K. Hornoch, Ondrejov observatory

2011 11 8.496

This possible nova in M81 was seen with 8 x 600 sec images Astrometry: RA 09 33 32.88 Dec 69 06 06.9 Photometry: 20.2 +/- 0.4 L These data were collected by Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia. Link to image and further information: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6346940954/