Vend91: quite bright possible nova in M31
I've just found a quite bright (~18.2 mag) possible nova on my 4x90s images made with the 43cm CDK at Alnitak Remote Observatory, Nerpio, Spain on September 04.1512UT, using a Luminance filter. Coordinates of Vend91 : 00 42 50.3813 +41 18 58.764 (J2000.0) The discovery of Vend91 has been reported to the TOCP website as PNV J00425038+4118587 and to the TNS server as AT 2026aaom . Update on 8th September: Vend91 is still rising. By this morning it had brightened to approximately 16.3 magnitudes. "Diff1x" image with reference image subtracted. Discovery image.