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Vend92: independent discovery of the possible extragalactic nova AT 2026abeq

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Yesterday morning I found a possible nova on my unfiltered M31 images made with the 43 cm CDK at the Alnitak Remote Observatory. While checking the relevant official website for recent discoveries, it turned out that the XOSS team had reported this guest star approximately 3.5 hours before me.  So it goes.

Vend91: very bright nova in M31

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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 11th September: Vend91 is still rising. By this morning it had brightened to approximately 15.2-15,4 magnitudes. Update on 12th September.  we now have three independent spectra, Vend91 is officially an FeII type extragalactic nova!  "Diff1x" image with reference image subtracted. Discovery image. M31 with Vend91 on 10th September, using the 28 cm RASA at UDRO (iTelescope.net), Green channel (TG)   The central region of M31 cropped, Vend91 marked Rencent image with te 43 cm CDK at UDRO, using Luminance filter Update on September 12: We now have three independent spectra of Ve...

Vend89: a possible nova in M31

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I've just discovered an approximately 19.3C mag possible nova on on my M31 images made tonight (Aug. 18.1119UT) with the 0.43 m Dall-Kirkham telescope at Alnitak Remote Observatory, Sierra del Segura, Spain, using Luminance filter. Coordinates of Vend89 :  00 42 52.83 +41 10 59.6 (J2000.0) The discovery of Vend89 has already been reported to the TNS-server as AT 2026zdb and to the TOCP website as PNV J00425283+4110596 .  The discovery image The discovery was made using the Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, ARTA program.

Vend88: bright possible nova in M31

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I've just found a bright (approximately 16.8C mag) possible nova on 15x120s M31 photos of Tamás Tordai made tonight (aug. 14.0920UT). It was already visible near 18.0C on his first 25x120s M31 series made by him ~3.5 hours earlier too. Updated coordinates of Vend88 : 00 43 17.44 +41 26 52.8 (J2000.0) . The discovery of Vend88 has already been reported to the TOCP website as PNV J00431729+4126486 and to the TNS-server as AT 2026yvz.    The discovery image

Vend87: another possible nova in M31

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I've just found a possible nova of approximately 19.4 mag on my M31 images obtained this morning with the 0.43 m CDK telescope at Alnitak Remote Observatory using Luminance filter.  Coordinates of Vend87 : 00 43 06.19 +41 22 08.2 (J2000.0). The discovery of Vend87 has already been reported to the TOCP website as PNV J00430615+4122082 and to the TNS-server as AT 2026wjw .   The discovery image. The discovery was made using the Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, ARTA program.  

Vend86: possible nova in the southern regions of M31

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I've just found a possible nova of approximately 18.7 mag (unfiltered) on my M31 images obtained this morning with the 0.43 m CDK telescope at Alnitak Remote Observatory. This guest star was also visible on images (5 × 120 s) obtained yesterday morning with the 0.51 m telescope at UDRO. Updated coordinates of Vend86 : 00 41 24.1189 +40 49 01.89  (J2000.0). The discovery of Vend86 has already been reported to the TOCP website as PNV J00412404+4049028.  and to the TNS-server as AT 2026wed . Prediscovery image made with the 0.51m telescope at UDRO.

Vend85: quite bright possible nova in M31

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I've just found a fairly bright (~17.7 mag) possible nova on my recent M31 images made with the 0.43 CDK of Alnitak Remote Observatory on July 20.1813UT. Nothing was visible at this position on my 4×120 s images obtained with the 0.61-m CDK telescope at Sierra Remote Observatory, Auberry, California (iTelescope.net), on 2026 July 16.4384 UT, with a limiting magnitude of approximately 19.2C. The discovery of Vend85  has been reported to TOCP website as PNV J00425536+4117270  and to the TNS server as  AT 2026vdo . Updated preliminary co-ordinates of Vend85:  00 42 55.97 +41 17 32.44  (J2000.0) The discovery image with reference subtracted.   The discovery image. The discovery was made using the Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, ARTA program.