[IAUC] CBET 4186: 20151117 : NOVA IN IC 1613 = PNV J01044358+0203419

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 4186
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NOVA IN IC 1613 = PNV J01044358+0203419
     Further to CBET 4124, G. Halevi, W. Zheng, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of a
possible nova (mag 17.5) in IC 1613 in unfiltered KAIT images taken on Sept.
10.48 UT.  The variable is located at R.A. = 1h04m43s.58, Decl. = +2d03'41".9
(equinox 2000.0), which is 63".4 west and 202".2 south of the center of IC
1613.  Nothing was visible at this position on an unfiltered KAIT image taken
Sept. 9 (limiting mag about 18.0).  A finding chart was posted at website URL
http://w.astro.berkeley.edu/~zwk/findingchart/PNV_J01044358+02034187.jpg.
The variable was designated PNV J01044358+0203419 when it was posted at the
Central Bureau's TOCP webpage.
     Zheng and Filippenko add that a CCD spectrogram (range 350-1000 nm) of
PNV J01044358+0203419 was obtained on Sept. 11.478 UT with the Shane 3-m
reflector (+ Kast spectrograph) at Lick Observatory.  The spectrum shows a
blue continuum, along with strong Balmer emission lines including H-alpha
and H-beta, confirming that the object is an extragalactic nova.


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2015 November 17                 (CBET 4186)              Daniel W. E. Green