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Optical Novae in M 31
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M31
Optical Novae in M 31
We created a catalogue of all historical optical novae detected in M 31. During this work we noticed that a homogeneous naming of all novae in M 31 is missing. After discussions with Nicolai Samus, who's group provided naming for some novae in the "General Catalogue of Variable Stars" in the CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues, 2250 (2004) and Daniel Green from the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams CBAT of the International Astronomical Union, we decided to extend the CBAT naming scheme to all optical novae and candidates in M 31 that have been reported in the literature and make the information available in Pietsch et al. 2007 (Table A.1, novae with outbursts before end of 2005) together with additional parameters and references (Table A.2) and in an up-to-date and extended form via the Internet.
We intend to update the Internet pages regularly. Observers are encouraged to provide input for historical and forthcoming optical novae in M 31 to the email address below.
m31novae(at)mpe.mpg.de
We will include photometric and spectroscopic data of optical novae and candidates in M 31 covering all wavelengths.
For newly detected nova candidates with no name given by CBAT we asign a preliminary name YYYY?MMx which may change when an offical CBAT name has been assigned.
Updated M 31 optical nova catalogue (html format with links to references, finding charts and spectra)
The catalogue was last updated on 28/01/12 and contains 900 sources.
Nova ds9 region file
If you use this work please refer to one of our articles:
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X-ray monitoring of optical novae in M31 from July 2004 to February 2005
Pietsch, W., Haberl, F., Sala, G., Stiele, H., Hornoch, K., Riffeser, A., Fliri, J., Bender, R., Buehler, S., Burwitz, V., Greiner, J., Seitz, S.
2007, A&A, 465, 375-392 [PHS2007] -
X-ray emission from optical novae in M 31
Pietsch, W.
2010, AN, 331, 187
M31 (apparent) optical nova catalogue (ascii format, also A&A version)
File ReadMe gives the format of the (Apparent) Nova Table and the Table with Corresponding References.
Novae_A&A and References_A&A are the tables for the 719 (apparent) novae with outbursts before end of 2005 as presented in the Appendix of the PHS2007 paper. In addition we give the optical photometry of novae in M 31 by Kamil Hornoch (Appendix B, Table B2). The format is the one described in ReadMe_A&A.
M 31 (apparent) optical nova catalogue (fits format also A&A version)
(Apparent) Nova Table and
References
Novae_A&A and References_A&A
Table B2
To support our X-ray monitoring program we also started a optical monitoring program and spectroscopic follow-up observations for optical novae in M 31 and improved the database for historical novae in M 31.
Papers from this work are:
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Identification of TCP J00423987+4114355 and TCP J00423876+4110453 with known
optical objects in M 31
Hornoch, K., Fabrika, S., Fatkhullin, T., Sholukhova, O., Henze, M., Pietsch, W., Gorsabel, J., Kubanek, P.
2011, ATel, 3755 -
Spectroscopy of nova 2011-10d and photometry of nova candidate 2011-10e in M31
Barsukova, E., Fabrika, S., Hornoch, K., Fatkhullin, T., Sholukhova, O., Pietsch, W.
2011, ATel, 3725 -
Swift Ultraviolet detection of three Novae and two new transients in M 31
Henze, M., Pietsch, W., Greiner, J.
2011, ATel, 3712 -
H-alpha confirmation of two recent disc novae in M 31
Burwitz, V., Henze, M., Pietsch, W., Holmes, S., Kolb, U., Rodriguez, C.A., Haswell J.
2011, ATel, 3499 -
H-alpha detection of three recent optical novae in M 31
Henze, M., Lutz, K., Pietsch, W., Burwitz, V., Zejmo, M., Slowikowska, A., Papamastorakis, G., Reig, P., Strigachev, A.
2011, ATel, 3486 -
Swift UVOT detection of PNV J00422413+4111549: a very fast nova in M 31 or a
flaring foreground star?
Pietsch, W., Henze, M., Hornoch, K.
2011, ATel, 3446 -
Swift and Chandra X-ray detections of nova M31N 2011-01b
Henze, M., Pietsch, W., Haberl, F., Burwitz, V.
2011, ATel, 3441 -
Three new optical nova candidates in M 31
Pietsch, W., Henze, M., Burwitz, V., Kaur, A., Hartmann, D.H., Williams, G., Milne, P.
2011, ATel, 3409 -
The deep XMM-Newton Survey of M 31
Stiele, H., Pietsch, W., Haberl, F., Hatzidimitriou, D., Barnard, R., Williams, B.F., Kong, A.K.H., Kolb, U.
2011, A&A, 534, A55 -
Nova M31N 2007-12b: supersoft X-rays reveal an intermediate polar?
Pietsch, W., Henze, M., Haberl, F., Hernanz, M., Sala, G., Hartmann, D.H., Della Valle, M.
2011, A&A, 531, A22 -
New optical nova candidate in the outer disk of M 31
Pietsch, W., Henze, M., Burwitz, V., Kaur, A., Hartmann, D.H., Milne, P., Williams, G.
2011, ATel, 3175 -
Nova in M31: M31N 2011-01a
Henze, M., Pietsch, W., Burwitz, V., Kaur, A., Hartmann, D.H., Milne, P., Williams, G.
2011, CBET, 2631, 6 -
X-ray monitoring of classical novae in the central region of M 31,
II. Autumn and winter 2007/2008 and 2008/2009
Henze, M., Pietsch, W., Haberl, F., Hernanz, M., Sala, G., Hatzidimitriou, D., Della Valle, M., Rau, A., Hartmann, D.H., Burvitz, V.
2011, A&A, 533, A52 - References for own papers on nova candidates in M 31 in 2010
- References for own papers on nova candidates in M 31 in 2009
- References for own papers on nova candidates in M 31 in 2008
- References for own papers on nova candidates in M 31 before 2008
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last update:27-06-2008, editor of this page: Wolfgang Pietsch, Frank Haberl
