Reporting Group
None
Discovering Data Source
None
Discovery Date
2018-11-26 18:49:10.000
TNS AT
Y
Public
Y
Host Name
M31
Discovery Mag
18.9
Filter
Clear-
Reporter/s
George Carey
Light curves
▌P48_ZTF-Cam_r
▌P48_ZTF-Cam_g
▌ATLAS-MLO_ATLAS-01_orange
▌PS1_GPC1_i
▌Other_Other_Clear
Pointer position (MJD, Mag, Abs.Mag): (0.00, 0.00, 0.00)
Spectra
No Data
Light Curves
AT Reports
| ID | Time received (UT) | Sender | Reporter/s | Reporting group | Disc. Data Source | RA | DEC | Discovery date (UT) | Discovery Mag. | Filter | Related files | AT Type | Host name | Internal name | Assoc. Groups | End prop. period | Remarks | ADS Bibcode | Unreal | Auto classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26621 | 2018-12-18 20:11:07 | PS1_Bot1 | K. C. Chambers,M. E. Huber,H. Flewelling et al. | Pan-STARRS | Pan-STARRS | 00:43:44.545 | +41:27:52.00 | 2018-12-15 07:23:31.000 | 19.12 | i-P1 | PSN | PS18ceg | Pan-STARRS | N | ||||||
| 26100 | 2018-12-10 11:20:59 | ZTF_AMPEL_NEW | J. Nordin,V. Brinnel,M. Giomi et al. | ZTF | ZTF | 00:43:44.546 | +41:27:51.89 | 2018-11-28 06:18:16.000 | 17.5091 | r-ZTF | PSN | ZTF18acrjydf | ZTF | N | ||||||
| 25852 | 2018-12-04 12:03:28 | ZTF_AMPEL_NEW | J. Nordin,V. Brinnel,M. Giomi et al. | ZTF | ZTF | 00:43:44.546 | +41:27:51.93 | 2018-11-28 06:18:16.000 | 16.5477 | g-ZTF | PSN | ZTF18acrjydf | ZTF | N | ||||||
| 25718 | 2018-11-29 18:40:48 | ATLAS_Bot1 | J. Tonry,L. Denneau,A. Heinze et al. | ATLAS | ATLAS | 00:43:44.544 | +41:27:51.99 | 2018-11-28 08:13:55.000 | 16.389 | orange-ATLAS | PSN | ATLAS18zny | ATLAS | N | ||||||
| 25550 | 2018-11-26 19:45:07 | George Carey | George Carey et al. | 00:43:44.560 | +41:27:52.40 | 2018-11-26 18:49:10.000 | 18.9 | Clear- | PNV | M31 | The object is visible on 3 consecutive 600 second images. Nothing is visible on PanSTARRS or Simbad at that location. No minor planets in that region. | 2018TNSTR1822....1C | N |
Classification Reports
No Data



Comments
Object coordinates updated
Object coordinates updated according to AT-report 26621 of Group Pan-STARRS1
Previous RA, DEC: 00:43:44.560, +41:27:52.40 (10.935667, +41.464556)
Updated RA, DEC: 00:43:44.545, +41:27:52.00 (10.9356026195, 41.4644457485)
Classification as nova
28 Nov 2018; 13:54 UT
Liverpool Telescope - "spectrum indicates that AT2018jas is a classical nova eruption in M31 that has been caught in the early Fe II-curtain phase (immediately post-fireball)"
http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=12245
Confirmation image
Image by Denis Buczynski - MPC Code I81 Tarbatness Observatory, 2018-11-26 23:21:34
Stack, 10 x 120 seconds
Confirmation image
Image taken by Peter Birtwhistle 2018-11-26 22:31:18 UT
Magnitude 18.5
AT 2018jas
Object visible on 6 consecutive images, 600 seconds each. Now obscured by cloud.
Image attached.