On a previous email you have reported the following photometry: 2001-08-16.958 R=17.9 mag 2002-08-04.013 R=17.0 mag 2002-08-17.952 R=17.1 mag 2002-08-25.859 R=18.1 mag 2002-08-26.850 R=18.0 mag The new object seems a slow variable (is already present on 2001) like a Mira but not a Nova: new variable stars aren't published by CBAT Best Regards Marco Fiaschi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taichi Kato" <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> To: <vsnet-campaign-nova@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>; <vsnet-newvar@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:53 PM Subject: [vsnet-campaign-nova 966] (fwd) No response from D. Green to discovery of possible nova in M31 > Date: Wed, 04 Sep 02 12:34:36 CET > From: ok2rea@prgate.sci.muni.cz (Kamil Hornoch) > Subject: No response from D. Green to discovery of possible nova in M31 > > Dear colleague, > I sent 4 e-mails to D. Green, CBAT about > my discovery of possible nova in M31 containing CCD-R > photometry of this new object. But I have received no > response from D. Green. > > What can I do? Have you any advice, please? > > The star is fading, as you can see bottom - droped from R=17.0 > to R=18.7 mag. > Fading slow down, now. > > Many thanks, clear sky, Kamil Hornoch > > > > >Dear Daniel, > > I send you additional photometry of possible nova > >in M31. > > >CCD photometry: > > >Aug. 30.867, 18.6 +/- 0.2 (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, > >0.35-m reflector + CCD ST-6V + R filter); > >Aug. 31.061, 18.6 +/- 0.1 (observer P. Kusnirak, Ondrejov observatory, > >Czech Republic, 0.65-m reflector + CCD AP7 + R filter; measurer > >K. Hornoch); > >Sep. 2.951, 18.7 +/- 0.2 (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, > >0.35-m reflector + CCD ST-6V + R filter); > > >I have received no response from you to my messages about this > >discovery of possible nova in M31, so I still do not know if you > >received them? > > >Best regards, > > Kamil Hornoch > > > >Dear Daniel, > > > I have received no response from you to my messages (3 emails > >during the past 4 days) regarding my discovery of possible nova in M31. > >Have you received them? Do you plan to publish the information in IAUC? > > >I believe that it is an interesting object, probably a nova. > >Since I cannot take a spectrum that would definitely show if it > >really is a nova, somebody else should take it. > > >Many thanks in advance for your response. > > >Best regards, > > Kamil Hornoch >