Possible Nova in M31
K. Hornoch reported a possible nova in M31, which faded from R=17.0 on
August 4 to 18.7mag on September 2 (vsnet-campaign-nova
966, 967,
968).
The object was suspected to be a slow variable, not a nova (vsnet-campaign-nova
969, 970,
972),
however M. Fiaschi reported a bright H_alpha mag of about 16.0, which supports
a nova or an emission line variable star (vsnet-campaign-nova
973).