Vend60: possible nova in M31

I've just discovered a 17.5 magnitudes bright possible nova on my 3x120s images of the Andromeda galaxy made  with a 0.43 m Dall-Kirkham telescope at Alnitak Remote Observatory, Nerpio Spain, with Luminance filter on 2025. July 3.1087UT. 

The nova candidate was already visible at around 18.3 magnitudes on 6x120s co-added images made with the same telescope on July 2.1082UT. Nothing was visible on 6x120s co-added images made on June 29.1264UT.


The discovery of Vend60 has been reported as AT 2025qdc and PNV J00425628+4114512 recpectively. 

Co-ordinates of AT 2025qdc:  00:42:56.22 +41:14:51.6 (J2000.0).
The astrometry was provided by Tamás Elek, Nyíregyháza-Oros, Hungary using the original discovery images).
 
Follow-up photometry, spectroscopy of AT 2025qdc and precize astrometry urgently needed.

The discovery image.


The observations were made using the Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, ARTA program.

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