Vend63: possible nova in M31
I've just found a ~19.0 magnitudes bright possibe nova on my 4x90s co-added images made with a 0.43 m Dall-Kirkham telescope at Alnitak Remote Observatory, Sierra del Segura, Spain, with Luminance filter. The guest star was visible on both of my M31south1 and M31north1 images. Co-ordinates of Vend63 : 00 42 36.25 +41 14 43.1 (J2000.0) The discovery of Vend63 has been reported as AT 2025twt . Update: Several hours after I reported the discovery of Vend63 (AT 2025twt) to the TNS server, Hornoch et al reported their independent discovery of this nova candidate as PNV J00423625+4114431 . They also designated it as M31N 2025-08a in ATEL #17334 . The discovery was made using the Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, ARTA program.