Discovery of Two Novae in M81

Hornoch, K.; Vaduvescu, O.; Zurita, C.; Patrick, L.; Ledo, H.; Karjalainen, R.
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The Astronomer's Telegram, #4129

Fecha de publicación:
5
2012
Número de autores
6
Número de autores del IAC
1
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0
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Descripción
We report the discovery of two novae in M81 on a co-added 1600-s narrow-band H-alpha CCD image taken with the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) + WFC at La Palma under ~0.8" seeing on May 22.901 UT. The new objects are well visible on the co-added image (see the finding chart linked below) as well as on individual 400-s frames, but are not present on numerous narrow-band H-alpha archival images from the INT down to limiting magnitude as faint as H-alpha = 22.3.