Vend91: very 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 10th September: Vend91 is still rising. By this morning it had brightened to approximately 15.5 magnitudes. "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