Date: Sun, 7 Nov 93 22:17:36 PST From: alex%bkyim.hepnet@Lbl.Gov (ALEX FILIPPENKO, UC BERKELEY, 510-642-1813) Subject: nova in M31 11-7-93 Colleagues, The probable nova in M31 discovered last week by Treffers et al. is indeed a nova; strong Balmer emission lines, together with Fe II (multiplet 42 and others) were visible in a spectrum obtained on Nov. 8 UT with the Shane 3-m reflector at Lick Observatory (A. Filippenko and T. Matheson). Alex
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